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Johnny Mercer dies from an inoperable brain tumour in Hollywood, California, USA, USA. As one of America's greatest songwriters, Mercer won four Academy Awards, for On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe, In The Cool Cool Cool Of The Evening, Moon River and Days Of Wine And Roses. In total, he wrote the lyrics to more than fifteen hundred songs. Mercer was also a co-founder of Capitol Records.
On their Worldwide Texas tour, ZZ Top play at Cape Cod Coliseum, South Yarmouth, Massachusetts, USA, supported by Starz and Blue Oyster Cult. The tour features an onstage menagerie of typically Texan live animals such as a longhorn steer, black buffalo, two vultures and two rattlesnakes. Various Texan plants, such as yucca, agave and cacti, also decorate the stage, which has been built in the shape of Texas.
The musical Your Arms Too Short To Box With God is presented at The Lyceum Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It will run on Broadway for 429 performances. The musical is based on the Biblical Book of Matthew.