Vic Mizzy dies at 93

Vic Mizzy, celebrated songwriter, died Saturday at the age of 93, announced the NY Daily News.

Best known for the 1960s sitcoms theme songs for The Addams Family and Green Acres, Mizzy died of heart failure at his home in Bel-Air.

A World War II veteran, Mizzy had spent his life writing "catchy" songs which were audience-friendly, reported the Los Angeles Times. He began composing music for the television series "Moment of Fear", which gave him a boost to his work as it gained him more assignments. Later on reaching a career high with the infamous "The Addams Family" theme song, and thus with a snap of his fingers he instantly became a success.

Although he composed several popular songs such as "There's a Faraway Look in Your Eye" and songs for "Shirley Temple's Storybook" he is best known for the Addams Family theme song. It is a legacy which, he said in a 2008 interview with CBS "Sunday Morning," afforded him his home in Bel-Air.