With his collaborator Jay Livingston, he wrote songs for a living. You know some of them: "Mona Lisa," "Silver Bells," "Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)."
According to The Associated Press, Evans died late Thursday of heart failure. His death was unexpected; his lawyer said Evans was "full of energy and excitement" during a phone call, just hours before his death.
Smitty gets the point.
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And of course, Ray Evans wrote one of the most famous lines in any TV sitcom theme song, "A horse is a horse, of course, of course." Personally, I like "Silver Bells" better.
They also gave us the theme to Bonanza.
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