He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" is a ballad written by Bobby Scott and Bob Russell. Originally recorded by Kelly Gordon in 1969, the song became a worldwide hit for The Hollies later that year and again for Neil Diamond in 1970. It has been recorded by many artists in subsequent years. The Hollies' and Rufus Wainwright's versions of the song were featured in the film "Zoolander". Scott and Russell had been introduced to each other by Johnny Mercer, at a California nightclub. Although Russell was dying of lymphoma and the pair met in
S. S. DeWitt Sicily Island days was at the funeral where he recounted that although DeWitt never returned to live at Sicily Island, he never forgot his friends there and maintained contact with them. Hanna recalled that DeWitt became friends with his northeast Louisiana neighbor, John McKeithen, a former lawmaker who was governor during DeWitt's legislative tenure, described DeWitt as "a fine honorable man, a good representative of the people who stood by his word, and his convictions." DeWitt and his wife, Hazel, are interred at the Legion Memorial Cemetery in Newellton. S. S. DeWitt Sturgis Sprague DeWitt, known primarily as S. S.