ALAN WAS BORN IN NEW YORK, IN FEBRUARY 12 1925. HE GRADUATED FROM SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN  ALONG WITH MY MOTHER DOROTHY MARCELL, CALVIN KLEIN ALSO TONY BENNET. SOON AFTER DOROTHY AND ALAN GOT  MARRIED.  THEY STARTED A FAMILY AND HAD  SEVEN CHILDREN TWO DAUGHTERS AND FIVE SONS ALSO COUNTLESS GRANDCHILDREN. ALAN ALSO BECAME A COMPOSER OF MUSIC, THIS WAS HIS GREAT LOVE, PLAYING  THAT GRAND PIANO OF HIS. HE COMPOSED HIS HIT SONG AFTER THE LIGHTS GO DOWN LOW, IN 1956. MANY FAMOUS SINGER SUNG IT, LIKE  MAE WEST,  LOU RAWLS, AND MANY OTHERS. THEN WORLD WAR TWO  BROKE OUT, OFF TO WAR ALAN WENT TO FIGHT  FOR HIS FELLOW AMERICIANS AND HIS COUNTRY. HE SERVED IN THE BRANCH OF THE  UNITED STATES ARMY.   GONE TO SOON!. LOVED BY MANY YOU WILL BE MISSED. SUNRISE- FEB -12-1925 -  FEB-10-2019 SUNSET.