resting_place death_date death_place years_active birth_place nationality name birth_date article_title education birth_name occupation death_cause
forest lawn memorial park -lrb- hollywood hills -rrb- 26 july 2002 hollywood , california 1950 's - 2002 springfield , missouri american buddy baker 04 january 1918 buddy baker -lrb- composer -rrb-
 southwest baptist university norman dale baker composer natural causes
buddy baker -lrb- composer -rrb-

norman dale `` buddy '' baker -lrb- january 4 , 1918 -- july 26 , 2002 -rrb- was an american composer who scored many disney films , such as `` the apple dumpling gang '' , `` the apple dumpling gang rides again '' , `` the shaggy d.a. '' and `` the fox and the hound '' .
