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Date of Birth
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18-December-1928
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Place of Birth
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Montreal
(Canada, Urban agglomeration of Montreal, Québec)
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Nationality
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Canada
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Also know as
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Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni and James Rado, Hair: The Musical, Original Hair Cast, Hair Original Broadway Cast, Hair, Galt McDermot, Ragni, Rado & MacDermot, Galt MacDermott
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Profession
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Composer, Pianist, Writer
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Arthur Terence Galt MacDermot is a Canadian composer, pianist and writer of musical theatre. He won a Grammy Award for the song "African Waltz" in 1960. His most successful musicals have been Hair and Two Gentlemen of Verona. MacDermot has also written music for film soundtracks, jazz and funk albums, and classical music, and his music has been sampled in hit hip-hop songs and albums.
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