What is Dolores Claman?
{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] --> | name = Dolores Claman | birth_name= Dolores Olga Claman | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1927|7|6}} | birth_place = [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|2021|7|17|1927|7|6}} | death_place = [[Spain]] | nationality = [[Canadians|Canadian]] | occupation = [[Composer]], [[pianist]] }} '''Dolores Claman''' (July 6, 1927 &ndash; July 17, 2021) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[composer]] and [[pianist]]. She was best known for composing the [[theme song]], known simply as ''[[The Hockey Theme]]'', for ''[[Hockey Night in Canada]]'', a song often thought as Canada's second [[national anthem]].<ref>{{cite news | last=Jones | first=Tom | title=Country's heirloom reflects on Lightning | publisher=St. Petersburg Times | date=2005-11-05 | url=http://www.sptimes.com/2005/11/05/Lightning/Country_s_heirloom_re.shtml | accessdate=2007-04-12 | archive-date=2005-11-24 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051124155516/http://www.sptimes.com/2005/11/05/Lightning/Country_s_heirloom_re.shtml | url-status=dead }}</ref> She composed in 1968. Claman died on July 17, 2021 from problems caused by [[dementia]] in [[Spain]], almost two weeks after her 94th birthday.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hockey Night in Canada theme song composer Dolores Claman dead at 94|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/dolores-claman-death-hnic-theme-song-1.6107048|first=Tara|last=Deschamps|date=July 17, 2021|access-date=July 17, 2021|publisher=CBC News|agency=The Canadian Press}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Claman, Dolores}} [[Category:1927 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from dementia]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in Spain]] [[Category:20th-century composers]] [[Category:Canadian composers]] [[Category:Canadian pianists]] [[Category:Musicians from Vancouver]] {{bio-stub}}