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Brooklyn-born sitcom songwriter Vic Mizzy dead at 93


Brooklyn-born songwriter Vic Mizzy, who had a series of No. 1 pop hits and writed the memorable theme songs for the 1960s sitcoms "Green Acres" and "The Addams Family," died Saturday at 93.

Vic Mizzy's popular hits included "Pretty Kitty Blue Eyes" and "The Whole World Is Singing My Song," as well as novelty hits like "With a Hey and a Hi and a Ho-Ho-Ho."

Mizzy said he didn't mind if people remember him only for the finger snaps at the start of the "The Addams Family" theme song, as the statement given by his publicist, he said, "Two snaps got me a mansion in Bel Air."