Jean Dinning, who wrote the high school tragedy tune “Teen Angel,” a No. 1 hit in 1959 for her brother Mark, died Feb. 22 in Garden Grove, Calif. She was 86. The song inaugurated an early-’60s cycle ...
The New York Times reports that Jean Dinning, who wrote the hit high-school-tragedy song “Teen Angel,” died on Feb. 22. She was 86. Ms. Dinning's younger brother Mark performed “Teen Angel.” It's ...
GARDEN GROVE, Calif. -- Songwriter Jean Dinning, who wrote the teen tragedy hit "Teen Angel," has died. She was 86. Daughter Cynthia Wygal tells the Orange County Register that her mother died Feb. 22 ...