An Older Man

ID: 2058 ~ Source: Photo Courtesy of Indiana University Libraries' Archives of Traditional Music, Hoagy Carmichael Collections 1920-1981 ~ Date: ca. 1970s
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An Older Man

This informal portrait shows Hoagy in his later years. Hoagy's donations to the school helped fund the 1971 construction of The Musical Arts Center on the IU campus and the front foyer is named for him.

This file appears in: Hoagy's Final Rest

By Monroe County History Center
Howard Hoagland Carmichael died in Rancho Mirage, California, on December 27, 1981. Although he had lived first in New York City and then in California since 1929, he chose to be buried next to his mother, father, and little sister Joanne in…