Honestly, this just makes me want an entire 40-minute documentary about this short now with all the voice actors, animators, directors, and everything.

Even if Richard's voice has diminished over the years, I could still listen to his stories all day.

The fact that one of the brothers is still alive is a blessing.

It deeply, DEEPLY saddens me to report that legendary Disney songwriter Richard M. Sherman has passed away at age 95. He and his brother Robert B., this can’t be overstated enough, were absolute GODS of music. In fact, their song inclusions in my Disney Sing-Along Song VHS’s I watched as a baby instilled my love for song, dance and music, perhaps even being among the first ever real songs I ever listened to and could comprehend in my infancy. Every song they wrote would become endless earworms that honestly you didn’t WANT to leave your head. Each Sherman Brothers song fit a scene of the movie they were writing for perfectly and made the movie itself so unforgettable decades after their releases. Funny songs like Mary Poppins’ Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (yes I spelled that correctly), spooky like Winnie the Pooh’s Heffalumps and Woozles, jazzy and upbeat like The Jungle Book’s I Wanna Be Like You, tear-jerking like Bedknobs and Broomsticks’ The Age of Not Believing, even non-Disney productions they’ve contributed to garnered a Disney level of memorability like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Snoopy Come Home, Charlotte’s Web and Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland. And for those pointing fingers, yes, Richard and Robert WERE the ones responsible for writing “It’s a Small World.” I’m actually one of the 5% who could ride that Disney World ride over and over and NEVER get sick of it. Other composers of the time like Maury Laws/Jules Bass, Dean Elliott, Joe Raposo and Henry Mancini no doubt envied the Sherman Brothers’ style and likely channeled it for their own projects. Whenever I write my own lyrics to my own songs on the notes of my phone these guys are always my first and biggest inspiration. Even without his brother Robert, Richard still continued to help Disney with productions in the modern era, like The Jungle Book live-action remake and the Christopher Robin movie. But honestly, his final work I find impossible to see as anything but a perfect sendoff. Remember Disney’s 100th anniversary special Once Upon a Studio? Remember when Mickey was looking up at a picture of Walt Disney himself right in the middle of the short? Walt’s favorite Sherman Brothers song, Mary Poppins’ Feed the Birds, softly plays on a piano during this scene, and they actually got Richard himself to play this piano right in Walt’s office exclusively for the short. Feed the Birds, in context, is a song about charity, and as Walt would say every time he heard it, “that’s what it’s all about.” I believe this encompasses everything the Sherman Brothers have given us with their toe-tapping, tantalizing tunes over the years. Richard and Robert knew how to bring audiences smiles through the ears, and to pay tribute to them, I’m gonna list down the best projects they had a hand in. If their melodies were ever a part of your childhood at all, I highly recommend checking out at least one of their productions, or at the very least, put on a song from one of them. Keep that music alive inside you; it’s what Richard would’ve wanted. RIP Richard M. Sherman 1928-2024 - It’s a Small World - Enchanted Tiki Room - Disney’s Wonderful World of Color - The Parent Trap - A Symposium on Popular Songs - Summer Magic - The Sword in the Stone - Mary Poppins - The Happiest Millionaire - The Jungle Book - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - The Aristocats - Bedknobs & Broomsticks - Snoopy Come Home - Charlotte’s Web - The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh - Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland - The Tigger Movie

In loving memory of Richard Morton Sherman (June 12, 1928 - May 25, 2024) Walt and Robert will be happy to see you again.

It’s the fact when Feed the Birds played on the piano, I KNEW immediately who was playing. Oh Richard, you could have lived to 100 and we’d still say it’s too soon you went. As Pooh says, “If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.” 95 is still pretty darn close. Hug your brother and Walt, and let them know we’ll keep your memory alive. Feed the Birds is me and my mom’s favorite song so this stings. She said no one deserved to die peacefully in old age than you 🥺💚

Rest in peace Richard, can't believe you've left us but you're back with your brother now writing songs together once again for the angels 💔🎶

So long, Richard. Thank you for decades of wonderful memories.

RIP Richard Sherman. Thank you for all the music and love you have given us all. You are now with your brother and Walt up in the big sky singing together again

Finally, Richard and Robert are together again!

RIP this legend. Watching today is rough

This video hits SO MUCH HARDER knowing what has happened today. Rest in Peace, Richard Sherman. May you sleep well in your Roses of Success.

RIP Richard Sherman (1928 - 2024). The Hundred-Acre Wood feels smaller today.

Richard M. Sherman (June 12, 1928 - May 25, 2024) May he rest in peace.

I always loved The Sherman Brothers as they really are the best song written duo ever met Walt Disney. 🥹 Thank you Richard and Robert Sherman for giving us wonderful songs of our childhood.

RIP Richard Sherman! I will always love you songs you and your brother wrote my childhood

You are a hero Richard Sherman. Thank you for being with us at Disney for all these years.❤

Rest in peace Richard 🕊️ Walt will now once again hear Feed the Birds on Friday afternoons ❤

Que en paz descanse, Richard M. Sherman (1928-2024)

RIP Richard M Sherman ❤ thank you for making my childhood with the songs you and your brother Robert wrote. You had such a long and joyful life

In Loving Memory Of Robert Bernard Sherman (12/19/1925-3/6/2012), And Richard Morton Sherman (6/12/1928-5/25/2024).

Nobody who worked on this special short didn't know that this was going to be the last time that Richard played feed the birds

Rest in peace to Richard Sherman, he was such a good corner for the Seahawks

Hearing Richard talking about the past at Disney was heartwarming and also tearjerking.

Songs that defined my childhood from the scores of Mary Poppins to Jungle Book to legendary rides like It’s a Small World The Tiki Room and so many others. What a giant and what a beautiful soul. We will continue to feed the birds in your honor.

May he rest in peace. He played beautifully right to the end

Thanks for everything, Richard. We love you.

Thank you Richard, you're with your brother and you will be able to play to Walt up there❤ you will be miss but as long as your songs are humming by people, your melodies play, your soul will live on🎶🎵🎼

Rest in peace Richard. You were a true Disney legend.

Eternal memory to the great composer! His unique masterpieces of music will forever remain in our hearts

RIP Richard. I'm crying now, but your songs will always bring smiles.

R.I.P. Richard🙏❤️

IN MEMORY OF RICHARD M SHERMAN, now with his previous brother Robert 😔🖤

Rest in Peace Mr. Sherman- a true Disney Legend! Go play Feed the Birds in heaven for Walt now 🥺

Thank you Richard and Bob Sherman for giving us such magical music. Walt Disney would be so proud of you.

I remember going to elementary school in Pasadena, California back in the 1960s the day it was announced on the news that Walt Disney had passed away. I remember everyone was crying. And I mean everyone! The kids, the teachers…everyone! (Even me). It was if all of us had just lost our sweet, old, grandpa that we used to see on T.V. every week. It was truly a day of national mourning. Can you imagine ANYONE in the world passing away these days that would have that kind of affect on every single American?…. I can’t. I still miss Walt greatly.😢

The Disney legend has faded away at the end of the story R.I.P Richard M Sherman

Thanks for everything Mr. Sherman. Now you'll play for Walt with your brother Robert again 🥺

RIP Richard Sherman. He surely delivered lots of lyrical Disney happiness. 🍯 ❤️ 🐻

Rest in peace Richard sherman. We will all miss you and your brother Robert too.

RIP Richard Sherman. 😢 Thank you for all the wonderful music.

RIP Richard, and thank you.

Rest In Peace to the legendary Richard M. Sherman. You were our childhood and we all love you. 🌹😔💐

“Feed the Birds” from Mary Poppins is definitely Walt’s favorite song. Thanks, Walt Disney. Hopefully, Once Upon a Studio should get an Oscar for Best Animated Short!

R.I.P Richard Sherman (1928-2024)

Richard Sherman is a true legend along with his brother… 🥹

This just makes me want to have another 100 years of this era starting in 2024.

Richard Sherman after arriving at the Pearly Gates and making his way to a piano… Walt Disney: “Play it.” RIP, good sir, and thank you.

R.I.P. Richard Sherman....

R.I.P. Richard Sherman

Rest in peace Mr. Sherman

This was such a touching moment! Thank you Richard Sherman for making these amazing songs for generations to come! I bet Disney was very proud of you!

RIP the Sherman Brothers.

Just hearing the song played on the piano is just magical and that part of the short makes me cry

Aww, nice to have somebody still truly caring for Walt Disney after working with him. I'm glad they paid a massive tribute to the guy who made such a great movie company.

I cannot help but smile seeing this legend who helped to write the soundtrack for/of generations of people's lives and childhoods (including me). Richard Sherman, thank you for the music-we Disney fans love you lots sir!

I bet those were the best moments of his life with Walt and with his brother in that room❤

RIP Richard Sherman

The fact that this is where they recorded, really elevated the short for me. That moment between Mickey and Walt felt genuine because there was legitimate thought and care behind it. Also, I'm shocked to see poor Richard in this condition. He can barely speak, but he seems just as lively as he has been.

WOW Really, all the details made it a true tribute to Walt, many thanks to Richard Sherman.. It moves me how he says his spirit of Walt is still here, and that's why it sounds so heartwarming it play when Mickey talks to Walt in the short, I want to cry

Walt Disney is my inspiration. he is the reason Iv'e started to write books of the superheroes Iv'e created. HE IS A LEGEND AND HE WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED!

Oh thank you, Mr. Richard, you do know how to play the piano, how beautiful I love this instrument, it is my favorite, I love Disney, I love it for the 100-year anniversary, goodbye.👍👍👍❤️❤️

Rest in peace, maestro of music. Hope you and Robert catch up together in Heaven and play music for God, Walt Disney, and many of the fallen dear souls above like you two did together below for many many years together....

Richard Sherman, the best thank you for everything! Honestly, this just makes me want an entire 40 minute documentary about this short film very much. voice, actors, animators, directors, and most of all the history of the Disney animation Studios from 1923 to the present day.

This is really touching and heartwarming. Richard Sherman is one of the best Disney legends along with his late brother Robert Sherman. Walt Disney would’ve been really proud of the short Once Upon a Studio, created to celebrate the Disney Company’s 100th anniversary🥹🥹😍🥰💖💜💙🌈🦄📱

The fact that he played Feed The Birds anew for just a brief moment in the movie is just so cool.

RIP Richard Sherman. Your legacy will live on through many generations. Walt, with his vision, Robert, with his lyrics and Richard with his musical storytelling talent have touched our lives in one way or another. Thank you for your gift to the world.

That was beautiful. I like Walt’s office.

Thanks for giving us all those wonderful songs we grew up listening to. You and Robert are already missed. Rest in Peace, Richard M. Sherman (1928-2024)

Absolutely amazing! Richard Sherman and that paino just fit together. The legendary things done in that office! We can't see Walt there, but I think Richard can - he feels it. How beautiful that they had him in to play for this very emotional scene in the short. It's an amazing tribute!

Richard Sherman is credited with contributing to the development of Walt Disney Pictures along with Walt Disney.

That Scene It Was The Most Beautiful Of All, It Really Touch The Hearts Of Everyone See That Moment 💙 Walt Disney Will Be Verry Proud Of That Short 🌟

truly a sweet video, Walt will always be missed

Wow, it must have felt surreal for Mr Sherman to sit at the same piano where he and his brother Bob wrote that beautiful song and played it every Friday for their boss/father figure, Walt Disney. Many blessings to Mr Sherman, his family, and the entire staff that made the beautiful short, Once Upon a Studio. I hope it is a special feature on the Wish Blu-ray and DVD.

disney is my best friend...in every situation, disney heals me, i dont know how to express this feeling im 18yrs old now but i still feels like im a little disney character who loves magic who loves freedom more than anything ❤

May God be with Richard & Walt ❤

Thank you so much "Walt Disney Animation Studios" for posting this video with Richard M. Sherman, it means so much to both me and everyone else who adore the Sherman Brothers and I love you guys, keep up the good work!😍👍💯

God bless this man. What a legacy.

I'm literally crying over him, not beceause he look diminished, but beceause this man of legend is still with us after all those years😢❤ thank you for everything Richard

Very sweet video, glad that Richard M Sherman was involved with the short and Walt Disney will always be missed

This really takes me back to the glory days of Disney. Walt, thank you for everything. You are remembered and loved.

Rest in peace Richard Sherman 🙏 Thank you for all the wonderful songs you have given us through the generations. Walt and Roy have been waiting for you.

Thank you for so many things. Also thanks to those who came up with this perfect idea to bookend his professional life.

They literally didn’t need to record this in wants office in a Friday and yet they did because Disney Animation is AMAZING and you cannot tell me otherwise

Rip Mr Sherman . thank you and your brother for making the magic of the Music that we all grew up hearing and still to this day and the next generation will know both of your amazing work RIp to the both of you . Legends truly Legends.

Lovely, simply lovely

Rest In Peace Richard and thank you so much for touching our hearts with your music and songs. Your legacy will live on forever.

R.I.P Richard M. Sherman (1928-2024) The Parent Trap (1961) Mary Poppins (1964) The Jungle Book (📖) (1967) The Aristocats (1970) Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) Snoopy, Come Home (🏡) (1972) The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving (1999) The Tigger Movie (🎬) (2000) Iron Man (👨) 2 (2010) The Jungle Book (📖) (2016)

Now I'm crying at 5:30 in the morning. Thank you for everything, Richard. Looking forward to hearing your and Bob's latest collaborations. 😇

Of course "Feed the Birds" was played by a legend. 🙂 Walt couldn't have worked with a better songwriting duo! 😊🎵🎶 Listening to this made me emotional. 🤗 May the Sherman Brothers always be unforgettable! 😄

I love you, The Sherman Brothers. We miss you.

Just watched Mary Poppins in memory of the actress who played Miss Banks who died last week at the grand age of 100 and hearing Feed the Birds song 🎵 which was also featured in the moving tribute short celebrating 100 years of Disney magic was really beautiful thank you for sharing this wonderful video and a very big thank you to the Sherman Brothers for bringing this memorable captivating song to one of my favorite Disney films 👍❤️🥲

So nice! ❤ Now with Richard himself gone, this office needs to be untouched and have a museum like experience for those who want to visit.

Just like Richard said, Walt Disney is not here in person but his spirit will always be!

Such wanderful and animation and magnificent music Mr Sherman

This is so beautiful 🥲🌹 I’m so glad I grew up with Disney, Mary Poppins, and Feed The Birds!🩷 Feed The Birds is one of my favorite Disney songs!🎵The Sherman Brothers are great!💕 Also Once Upon A Studio is a golden masterpiece!🤩

Legend.

May 25, 2024 R.I.P Richard Sherman Thank you for all the magic!

Rest in Peace Richard M Sherman may you lives live happily ever after THE END!!

Thank you so much for being part of the Walt Disney studios Richard and Robert Sherman Walt Disney will be very proud 🥲