Editing Jimmy Van Heusen (section)

{{Short description|American composer (1913–1990)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name         = Jimmy Van Heusen
| image        = Jimmy Van Heusen (2).jpg
| caption      = Van Heusen playing the piano
| background   = non_performing_personnel
| birth_name   = Edward Chester Babcock
| birth_date   = {{birth date|1913|1|26}}
| birth_place  = [[Syracuse, New York]], U.S.
| death_date   = {{death date and age|1990|2|6|1913|1|26}}
| death_place  = [[Rancho Mirage, California]], U.S.
| genre        = Popular music
| occupation   = [[Songwriter]], [[pianist]]
| years_active = Mid 1930s–late 1970s
}}

'''James Van Heusen''' (born '''Edward Chester Babcock'''; January 26, 1913 – February 6, 1990<ref name=PSCemDis>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pscemetery.com/pdfs/interments.pdf|title=Palm Springs Cemetery District, "Interments of Interest"|website=Pscemetery.com|access-date=September 29, 2019|archive-date=September 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926121359/http://www.pscemetery.com/pdfs/interments.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>) was an American [[composer]]. He wrote songs for films, television, and [[theater]], and won an [[Emmy]] and four [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Academy Awards for Best Original Song]].<ref name = AcademyAward>
{{cite web
| title =Academy Awards Database, Jimmy Van Heusen
| work= Oscars.org|publisher = The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
| url =http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/Search/GetResults?query=%7B%22Nominee%22:%22james%20van%20heusen%22,%22Sort%22:%221-Nominee-Alpha%22,%22Search%22:%22Basic%22%7D
|access-date = June 11, 2017}}</ref> Many of his compositions later went on to become [[jazz standard]]s.