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American composer and conductor (1944–2012)

Marvin Frederick Hamlisch (June 2, 1944 – August 6, 2012) was an American composer and conductor. He is one of few people to win Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards, a feat dubbed the "EGOT". He and composer Richard Rodgers are the only people to have won those prizes and a Pulitzer Prize ("PEGOT").

Hamlisch was born in Manhattan, to Viennese born Jewish parents Lilly (née Schachter) and Max Hamlisch. His father was an accordionist and bandleader. Hamlisch was a child prodigy; by age five, he began mimicking the piano music he heard on the radio. A few months before he turned seven, in 1951, he was accepted into what is now the Juilliard School Pre College Division. His favorite musicals growing up were My Fair Lady, Gypsy, West Side Story, and Bye Bye Birdie.

Hamlisch attended Queens College, earning his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1967. His first hit arrived when he was 21 years old: "Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows", co written with Howard Liebling and recorded by Lesley Gore. It reached No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the summer of 1965. His first film score was for 1968's The Swimmer. He won four Grammy Awards in 1974, two for "The Way We Were". In 1975, he wrote the original theme music for Good Morning America; the show used it for 12 years. He co wrote "Nobody Does It Better" for The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) with his then girlfriend Carole Bayer Sager, which would be nominated for an Oscar. The performances were released as a two record set, and remained very popular. He then composed the scores for the 1975 Broadway musical A Chorus Line, for which he won both a Tony Award and a Pulitzer Prize; and for the 1978 musical They're Playing Our Song, loosely based on his relationship with Carole Bayer Sager. At the beginning of the 1980s, his romantic relationship with Bayer Sager ended, but their songwriting relationship continued. The 1983 musical Jean Seberg, based on the life of the real life actress, failed in its London production at the UK's National Theatre and never played in the U. S. In 1986, Smile was a mixed success and had a short run on Broadway. Shortly before his death, Hamlisch finished scoring a musical theatre version of The Nutty Professor, based on the 1963 film. The show played in July and August 2012, at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC) in Nashville, aiming for a Broadway run. The book is by Rupert Holmes, and the production was directed by Jerry Lewis.

Hamlisch was musical director and arranger of Barbra Streisand's 1994 concert tour of the U. S. and England as well as of the television special, Barbra Streisand: The Concert, for which he received two of his Emmys. He also conducted several tours of Linda Ronstadt during this period, most notably on her successful 1996 Dedicated to the One I Love tour of arenas and stadiums. Hamlisch held the position of Principal Pops Conductor for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, the San Diego Symphony, the Seattle Symphony, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, The National Symphony Orchestra Pops, The Pasadena Symphony and Pops, and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. On July 23, 2011, Hamlisch conducted his debut concert for Pasadena Symphony and Pops at The Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. Hamlisch replaced Rachael Worby. At the time of his death, he was preparing to assume responsibilities as Principal Pops Conductor for The Philly POPS.

Hamlisch is one of only few people to win Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards. This collection of all four is referred to as an "EGOT". He is one of only two people to have won those four prizes and a Pulitzer Prize (the other being Richard Rodgers). He is one of ten people to win three or more Oscars in one night and the only one other than a director or screenwriter to do so. Hamlisch also won two Golden Globes. He earned ten Golden Globe Award nominations, winning twice for Best Original Song, with "Life Is What You Make It" in 1972 and "The Way We Were" in 1974. He shared the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1976 with Michael Bennett, James Kirkwood, Nicholas Dante, and Edward Kleban for his musical contribution to the original Broadway production of A Chorus Line. In 2008, he appeared as a judge in the Canadian reality series Triple Sensation which aired on CBC. The show was aimed to provide a training bursary to a talented young man or woman with the potential to be a leader in song, dance, and acting. In 2008, Hamlisch was also inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.

Hamlisch's relationship with lyricist Carole Bayer Sager inspired the musical They're Playing Our Song. He was also in a relationship with actress Emma Samms. He was in a relationship with television personality Cyndy Garvey after her breakup with her husband, Steve Garvey. In May 1989, Hamlisch married Terre Blair, a native of Columbus, Ohio, and graduate of Otterbein College, who was the weather and news anchor for that city's ABC affiliate, WSYX Channel 6. The marriage lasted until his death.

After a brief illness, Hamlisch collapsed in Los Angeles on August 6, 2012, and died later that day at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center at age 68. According to Hamlisch's death certificate, the cause of death was determined to be respiratory arrest, with hypertension and cerebral hypoxia as contributing factors. The Associated Press described him as having written "some of the best loved and most enduring songs and scores in movie history". Barbra Streisand released a statement praising Hamlisch, stating it was "his brilliantly quick mind, his generosity and delicious sense of humor that made him a delight to be around". The head of the Pasadena Symphony and Pops commented that Hamlisch had "left a very specific  original mark on American music and added to the great American songbook with works he himself composed". an honor traditionally accorded to those considered to have made significant contributions to the theater arts upon their death. Barbra Streisand, Aretha Franklin, and Liza Minnelli took turns singing songs by Hamlisch during a memorial service for the composer on September 18, 2012. At the 2013 Academy Awards, Streisand sang "The Way We Were" in Hamlisch's memory. On June 2, 2013, a tribute was held in New York City to remember Hamlisch in advance of the first anniversary of his death. At the tribute, Staples Players, a high school theatre group from Staples High School in Westport, Connecticut performed a selection of material from A Chorus Line. Other veterans of the screen and stage also performed at the event.

Hamlisch was the primary conductor for the Pittsburgh Pops from 1995 until his death. The Dallas Symphony Orchestra performed a rare Hamlisch classical symphonic suite titled Anatomy of Peace (Symphonic Suite in one Movement For Full Orchestra/Chorus/Child Vocal Soloist) on November 19, 1991. It was also performed at Carnegie Hall in 1993, The work was recorded by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in 1992. The Anatomy of Peace was a book by Emery Reves which expressed the world federalist sentiments shared by Albert Einstein and many others in the late 1940s, in the period immediately following World War II.

TitleYearRole(s)Notes 1968The Swimmer 1969Take the Money and Run 1969The April Fools 1970Move 1970Flap 1971Something Big 1971Kotch 1971Bananas 1972The War Between Men and Women 1973The World's Greatest Athlete 1973Save the Tiger 1973The Way We Were 1973The Sting 1975The Prisoner of Second Avenue 1977The Spy Who Loved Me 1977The Absent Minded Waiter 1978Same Time, Next Year 1978Ice Castles 1979Starting Over 1979Chapter Two 1980Seems Like Old Times 1980Ordinary People 1980Gilda Live 1982Sophie's Choice 1982I Ought to Be in Pictures 1983Romantic Comedy 1984A Streetcar Named Desire 1985D. A. R. Y. L. 1985A Chorus Line 1987When the Time Comes 1988Sam Found Out: A Triple Play 1988Little Nikita 1988David 1989The January Man 1989Shirley Valentine 1989The Experts 1990Women and Men: Stories of Seduction 1991Switched at Birth 1991Missing Pieces 1991Frankie and Johnny 1994Seasons of the Heart 1996The Mirror Has Two Faces 2003How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days 2009The Informant! 2013Behind the Candelabra