Alan Arkin, the Oscar-winning star of “Little Miss Sunshine,” has died, his family announced.  He was 89. 

• Born in Brooklyn to Russian-German Jewish immigrant parents, his family moved to Los Angeles when he was a child.
• Arkin attended Bennington College but left to form the music group, The Tarriers in which he sang and played guitar. The group didn’t stay together long but had a hit with “The Banana Boat Song” in 1957.
• He then went on to become a founding member of the Second City improvisational troupe, and also continued to record music, including several children’s albums with his group, The Babysitter.