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Ashman, born Howard Elliott Gershman, first worked with Menken on a 1979 musical adapted from Kurt Vonnegut 's '' God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater ''. They also collaborated on '' Little Shop Of Horrors '' with Ashman as director, lyricist, and librettist. Along with Menken, Ashman was the co-recipient of two Grammy Award s, two Golden Globes and two Oscars . His second Academy Award in 1992 was awarded posthumuously for Best Song and was accepted by his partner, Bill Lauch . He would later sucumb to AIDS at the age of 40, during the making of both '' Beauty And The Beast '' and '' Aladdin ''. The song Proud Of Your Boy from ''Aladdin'' was the one of the last songs ever written by Ashman but was cut from the movie after the mother was taken out of the story. Ashman and Menken had finished the songs for ''Beauty and the Beast'', but Tim Rice was brought in to finish the ''Aladdin'' songs with Menken. ''Beauty and the Beast'' was dedicated to him with the following: To our friend, Howard, Who gave a mermaid her voice, and a beast his soul. We will be forever grateful. Howard Ashman 1950-1991 BEST KNOWN WORKS
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