A Spoonful of Sugar: How a Vaccine Inspired a Disney Classic | Story of the Week @storycorps
A Spoonful of Sugar: How a Vaccine Inspired a Disney Classic | Story of the Week @storycorps
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Jeffrey Sherman and his wife, Wendy Liebman, remember his father, music composer Robert B. Sherman, and how getting a vaccine as a child sparked the creation of one of the most famous songs in the American canon.

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