Fran Minkoff
Deceased Person
1915 – 2002
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Who was Fran Minkoff?
Frances "Fran" Minkoff was an American lyricist.
She is best known for her songs co-written with Fred Hellerman of The Weavers. These include the anti-war song "Come Away Melinda" - first recorded in 1963 by Harry Belafonte, and later by Judy Collins, Tim Rose, Bobbie Gentry, and rock bands UFO and Uriah Heep, among others - together with "Poverty Hill", "The Borning Day", "First Day Of Forever" and "Sunflower", also first recorded by Belafonte.
Her husband, Harry Minkoff, died in New York on 4 June 2011.
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