Holds the record for most "Oscars for Best Song" alone.
Father of famous jazz fusion guitarist Steve Khan.
Won Academy Awards for four songs: "Three Coins in the Fountain", "High Hopes", " All the Way" and "Call Me Irresponsible".
The line "sleep with a smile" is written on his gravestone.
Wrote his first lyric, "Like Niagara Falls, I'm Falling for You" at age 16.
Changed his last name from Cohen to Kahn to avoid confusion with actor/comedian Sammy Cohen and again from Kahn to Cahn to avoid confusion with lyricist Gus Kahn.
Inducted into the American Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972.
Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 3, 1991-1993, pages 91-94. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2001.
He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6540 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 2, 1990.
Following his death, he was interred at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.
At one point, he earned more than $1000 for his writing.