George David Weiss, a prolific songwriter who co-wrote “Can’t Help Falling in Love,” “What a Wonderful World,” “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” and many other pop hits, has died. He was 89.

George David Weiss, a prolific songwriter who co-wrote “Can’t Help Falling in Love,” “What a Wonderful World,” “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” and many other pop hits, has died. He was 89.

Songwriter George Davis Weiss, who penned such classic tunes as "Can't Help Falling In Love," "The Lion Sleeps Tonight," and "What a Wonderful World," died yesterday at his home in New Jersey ...

George David Weiss, who helped write chart-topping pop hits including "Can't Help Falling in Love" and "What a Wonderful World," has died. He was 89.

George David Weiss, a prolific songwriter who co-wrote “Can’t Help Falling in Love,” “What a Wonderful World,” “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” and many other pop hits, has died. He was 89.

George David Weiss, who authored such signature pop songs as Elvis Presley’s “Can’t Help Falling in Love” and Louis Armstrong’s “What a Wonderful World,” died Aug. 23 of natural ...

George David Weiss was born into a Jewish family in Manhattan in 1921. His mother wanted him to be a lawyer, but he set his mind on becoming a musician, attending the Juilliard School of Music and ...

Songwriter George David Weiss, whose co-wrote "What A Wonderful World" for Louis Armstrong and "Can't Help Falling in Love" for Elvis Presley, died Monday at his home in Califon. The longtime New ...

As the year 2011 comes to a blessed close, the lyrics of “What a Wonderful World” originally set to music by the great Louis Armstrong (lyrics: George David Weiss, George Douglas, and Bog ...

Sometimes the line between irony and sincerity is drawn entirely by timing. Louis Armstrong’s recording of Bob Thiele and George David Weiss’s “What A Wonderful World” came out at a time ...

The shapeless and meandering new show "A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical" opened Monday at Studio 54, and we can only be grateful that its creators left out the jazz legend's ...

George David Weiss, a prolific songwriter who co-wrote “Can’t Help Falling in Love,” “What a Wonderful World,” “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” and many other pop hits, has died. He was 89.