he wrote "supercalifragilistic- expialidocious," "it's a small, world," "chim chim chiree."y of them co-written with his brother richard. they both have a star together on the hollywood walk of fame for their work with disney. robert sherman won two academy awards in his time, one grammy. he died in london on monday at the age of 86. >>> the president today paid tribute to donald payne, the democrat from newark, new jersey, the first black congressional member elected from that state. he died of colon cancer having served until the very end. he was elected in 1988 to fill peter radino's old seat. he was a trailblazer that advocated for the plight of africa. he was uniformly regarded as a gentleman by his colleagues. he was 77 years old. >>> when we come back here tonight, on a big night in politics in this country, a young man who already won his race, but hardly the old-fashioned way. >>> finally tonight, a political race that didn't get quite as much attention as super tuesday is getting, not that it wasn't a big deal when the young man you're about to meet was elected may

he wrote "supercalifragilistic- expialidocious," "it's a small, small world," "chitty-chitty-bang-bangim chim cher-ee." many of them cowritten with his brother richard. they both share a star on the hollywood walk of fame for their work with disney over the years. robert sherman won two academy awards, one grammy. he died in london on monday at the age of 86. >>> the president today paid tribute to donald payne, the democrat from newark, new jersey, the first black congressional member elected from that state. he died of colon cancer having served to the very end. he was elected in 1988 to fill peter radino's old seat. he advocated for the plight of africa. he was among a handful in both parties uniformly regarded as a gentleman by his colleagues. congressman donald payne was 77 years old. >>> stunning pictures tonight from utah. a snowmobiler buried alive under ten feet of snow by an avalanche. his friends were able to find him and, with a lot of hard work, dig him out. he was back at work, we're told, the next day. in france, a terrifying moment at a ski resort captured on camera as

. ♪ supercalifragilistic- expialidocious ♪ >> for a couple of american generations it's a song that makes when you hear it and robert sherman wrote a lot of songs like that during his lifetime. he wrote "supercalifragilistic- expialidocious," "it's a small, small world," "chim chi "chim chim chiree." he won two academies and a grammy and died monday in london at 86. >>> the president today paid tribute to donald payne, the first black congressional member elected from new jersey. he died having served until the end. he was elected in 1988 to fill peter radino's old seat. he add kro vo indicated for the plight of africa. he was uniformly regarded as a gentleman by his colleagues. he was 77 years old. >>> stunning pictures tonight from utah. a snowmobiler buried alive under ten feet of snow by an avalanche. his friends were able to find him wnd with a lot of hard work dig him out. he was back at work the next day. in france, a terrifying moment at a ski resort captured on camera as an avalanche rolled through, demolishing parts of a ski lift in a kind of slow motion leaving skiers stranded

- expialidocious ♪ ♪ even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious ♪ >> reporter: more thanter: the soundtrack, the world over. a small world it is. all of us, still singing their tunes. david wright, abc news, hollywood. ♪ it's a small, small world >> his son wrote on facebook that wiz father, quote, wanted to bring happiness to the world. and unquestionably, he succe succeeded. >>> thank you for watching. we're always on abcnews.com. and george and i and the whole team will be here throughout the night, as the results pour in. we'll see you then. wheeeeeeeeeeeee! whee! whee! wheeeeeeeee! ah heads up. wheeeeeeeeeeee!

." ♪ a sweep is as lucky as lucky can be ♪ >> all we can say is, supercalifragilistic- expialidociouseven though the sound of it is something quite atrocious ♪ >> reporter: more than 1,000 songs. ♪ chitty-chitty bang, bang chitty-chitty bang, bang ♪ ♪ we love you >> reporter: the soundtrack to childhoods the world over. a small world it is. all of us, still singing their tunes. david wright, abc news, hollywood. ♪ it's a small, small world >> his son, jeffrey sherman, wrote on facebook that his father, quote, wanted to bring happiness to the world. and unquestionably, he succeeded. >>> thank you for watching. we're always on at abcnews.com. and george and i and the whole team will be here throughout t >>> a packed house for pension reform. tonight a showdown over retirement benefits, how much the city can afford. >> a task force concludes an investigation into a campus pep year spraying incident. a judge steps in to block the release. >> the president of israel coming to town to launch a facebook page. response both online and on the streets. >> and new apple ipad. thousands of follow

supercalifragilistic- expialidocious ♪ even the sound of it ♪ >>> he and his brother composed the musicry poppins. and many beloved disney films. they won two oscars on mary poppins. the most recognizable tune wasn't written for a movie. all ♪'s a small world after >> it's a small world was written to be part of an exhibit at the 1964 world's fair. it was later incorporated into the popular ride at disney theme parks. it has been translated into dozens of languages and is one of the most played songs on earth. in 2008, president george w. bush awarded sherman the national medal of art commending him on music that brought joy to millions. robert sherman was 86 years old. it's a small world after all ♪ >> robert sherman was 86 years old. i's a small world after all ♪ >> robert sherman was 86 years old. it's a small world after all ♪ >> robert sherman was 86 years old. it's a small world after all ♪ [ sniffles ] ? not sure what to take? click on the robitussin® relief finder. click on your symptoms. get your right relief. makes the cold aisle easy. robitussin®. relief made simple. r♪bituss