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- Birth nameJohn Walter Bratton
- John W. Bratton was born on January 21, 1867 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. John W. is known for The 6th Day (2000), Open Season (2006) and Killing Eve (2018). John W. was married to Dorothy Zimmerman. John W. died on February 7, 1947 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA.
- SpouseDorothy Zimmerman(1907 - February 7, 1947) (his death, 1 child)
- A successful composer of parlor songs from the 1890s, and a charter member of ASCAP, in 1907 Bratton wrote an instrumental number, "The Teddy Bear Two-Step" with lyrics by Ethel Wood <http://www.nla.gov.au/apps/cdview?pi=nla.mus-an7318532-s2-v>.It became a hit song when Jimmy Kennedy substituted his lyrics in 1932, as "The Teddy Bear's Picnic".
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