LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The composer of Louisville’s snow song, ‘Bellavia,’ has died.
Chuck Mangione died at his home in Rochester, New York, on Tuesday in his sleep, said his attorney, Peter S. Matorin of Beldock Levine & Hoffman LLP, the Associated Press reported. The musician had been retired since 2015. He was 84 years old.
WHAS11 News began airing Mangione’s hit in 1978 when WHAS11 director Jerry Lloyd needed a long piece of instrumental music to cover all of the closings scrolling on the screen during the historic blizzard…