Marvin Hamlisch Has Died...He was 68

[joeybee12]

Composer and conductor Marvin Hamlisch, best known for the torch song "The Way We Were," died Monday. He was 68 years old.

Hamlisch collapsed after a brief illness, his family announced.

In a career that spanned over four decades, Hamlisch won virtually every major award: three Oscars, four Grammys, four Emmys, a Tony, and three Golden Globes.

Hamlisch composed more than forty motion picture scores, including his Oscar-winning score and song for “The Way We Were,” and his adaptation of Scott Joplin’s ragtime music for “The Sting,” for which he received a third Oscar.


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Way too young...RIP

[newtonfigg]

1. Sad

He made a lot of us lovers of Ragtime music and Scott Joplin.

[southernyankeebelle]

2. What a fine composer he was. RIP. he will be missed but we can remember him

through his wonderful music.

[joeybee12]

3. Kick