May 25 (Reuters) - Richard Sherman, 95, a man behind

famed Disney ( DIS ) songs that delighted generations, such as "It's a

Small World (After all)" and Mary Poppins' songs

"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious," "Chim Chim Cher-ee" and

"Spoon full of Sugar" died on Saturday, the Walt Disney Co ( DIS )

announced on its website.

He passed at a Beverly Hills California, hospital. The cause

was only listed as an "age-related illness," a Disney ( DIS ) obituary

said.

Sherman was one half of the famed song writing team "the

Sherman Brothers" along with his late brother Robert Sherman,

and he was regarded as part of Walt Disney's ( DIS ) inner creative

circle.

The brothers were lauded as among the most prolific

composer-lyricists of the era. They wrote more than 200 songs

and garnered nine Academy Award nominations, won two Oscars and

three Grammy Awards, and also earned 24 gold and platinum albums

over a decades-long career.

"Richard Sherman was the embodiment of what it means to be a

Disney Legend, creating along with his brother Robert the

beloved classics that have become a cherished part of the

soundtrack of our lives," Walt Disney ( DIS ) CEO Bob Iger said in a

statement.

Before his career in song writing, he majored in music at

Bard College and served a stint in the US Army, where he was a

conductor for an Army band and glee club in the early 1950s.

In 2005, the brothers were inducted into the Songwriters

Hall of Fame, Three years later, they were awarded the National

Medal of the Arts, presented at the White House.

He was preceded in death by Robert Sherman in 2012.

Sherman is survived by his wife of 66 years, Elizabeth, his

son Gregory and numerous other relatives. Plans for a public

service were not announced.