Is Alan Livingston Dead or Still Alive? Alan Livingston Birthday and Date of Death

Alan Livingston Death

Alan passed away on March 13, 2009 at the age of 91 in Beverly Hills, California. Alan's cause of death was natural causes.

Alan Livingston Birthday and Date of Death

Alan Livingston was born on October 15, 1917 and died on March 13, 2009. Alan was 91 years old at the time of death.

Birthday: October 15, 1917
Date of Death: March 13, 2009
Age at Death: 91

Alan Livingston - Biography

Alan Wendell Livingston (October 15, 1917-March 13, 2009) was an American businessman. He was also a writer/producer best-known for creating Bozo the Clown for a series of record-album and illustrative read-along children`s book sets. Livingston was born in McDonald, Pennsylvania on October 15, 1917. He was the youngest of three children, whose mother encouraged reading books and playing musical instruments. He had an older sister, Vera, and an older brother, Jay Livingston (1915-2001), who wrote or co-wrote many popular songs for films and television, including Buttons and Bows, Mona Lisa, "Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)," as well as the popular Christmas song Silver Bells. Alsn Livingston began his career in the entertainment business leading his own college orchestra as a student at the University of Pennsylvania. After graduating from the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce with a B.S. in Economics, he moved to New York where he worked in advertising for three years. At the start of World War II, he enlisted in the army as a private and served as a second lieutenant in the infantry. After his discharge, he borrowed some money, hitched a ride on an Army plane and headed for Los Angeles, California where he obtained his first position with Capitol Records, Inc. in Hollywood as a writer/producer.