Jack Sheldon, once known to America’s schoolkids as the voice behind “I’m Just a Bill,” "Conjunction Junction" and other songs on “Schoolhouse Rock,” and to older TV viewers as a sidekick of talk-show host Merv Griffin, has died at age 88. Sheldon succumbed Friday to natural causes, his longtime manager and partner, Dianne Jimenez, said in a statement Tuesday, according to The Associated Press. He also played with jazz and pop greats including Benny Goodman, Peggy Lee, Lena Horne and Frank Sinatra. His gravelly voice was heard in more a dozen episodes of the educational animated children’s series “Schoolhouse Rock!”, including “I’m Just a Bill,” written by Dave Frishberg. The song tells the tale of a legislative bill that journeys through Congress with the goal of becoming a law.

Source: Fox News January 01, 2020 06:45 UTC