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The Spectacle Blog
Renowned composer, arranger and conductor Marvin Hamlisch passed away last night at the age of 68. His cause of death is not known apart from that he had suffered from a brief illness.
Along with Richard Rodgers (of Rodgers & Hart and Rodgers & Hammerstein fame), Hamlisch is the only person to have won an Oscar, a Tony, a Grammy, an Emmy and a Pulitzer Prize.
Hamlisch wrote the score for movies such as The Sting, The Way We Were as well as for the Broadway production of A Chorus Line. His best known work is “The Entertainer” from The Sting which was adapted from the music of Scott Joplin. Hamlisch also contributed to James Bond lore by co-writing “Nobody Does It Better” for the film The Spy Who Loved Me with his then girlfriend, Carole Bayer Singer. Aside from “You’re So Vain,” it would be the biggest hit of Carly Simon’s career.
One of Hamlisch’s earliest collaborations was with Lesley Gore. He wrote “Sunshine, Lollipops & Rainbows” and co-wrote “California Nights”.
Hamlisch was a child prodigy and here he is talking about getting into Juilliard at the age of 6½.
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Crassus| 8.7.12 @ 6:27PM
I'll always remember Marvin Hamlisch for stealing Steve Garvey's wife.
Skippy| 8.7.12 @ 6:50PM
Eleven people have won all four.
Richard Rogers
Helen Hayes
Rita Moreno
John Gielgud
Audrey Hepburn
Hamlisch
Jonathan Tunick
Mike Nichols
Whoopi Goldberg
Scott Rudin
aaaaaaannnnd.....
Mel Brooks! (The MOST deserving!)
Occam's Tool| 8.7.12 @ 7:49PM
Garvey was two timing her. He deserved it. Further, he was a more talented man than Garvey, and creativity tends to go in many directions. Finally, even as an ex girlfreind, when Cindy wrote her tell all book, she was nice to Marvin.
Perhaps that's why one of the most famous of Gilda Radner's characters had a crush on him. Women tend to go for alpha males; and that includes much more than sheer physical attractiveness.
Occam's Tool| 8.7.12 @ 7:58PM
Dear Skippy: because you will appreciate it, my friend:
Brooks, Rudin,Nichols, Tunick, Hamlisch, Rogers---all Jewish. Of the two that captured the quintuple awards---both Jewish. What does Jack in Wi. think about this, other than "Jews shut up?"
JimH| 8.8.12 @ 12:32PM
He could quote a line from Blazing Saddles. When killing the firstborn is proposed as a way of emptying a town in the way of a railroad, it is rejected as ‘too Jewish’.
Mender| 8.7.12 @ 8:45PM
I just listened to Nobody Does It Better again and cried. Rubbish movie but the way the strings come in at the end of the song are pure class.
Seek| 8.8.12 @ 11:03AM
"The Spy Who Loved Me" starred Bond...James Bond. Don't rag on my hero. This was a great movie.
Cobalt| 8.7.12 @ 10:22PM
Marvin Hamlisch was very talented.
He seemed like a good and decent man.
Hamlisch was a nice Jewish man, who would just as easily have been a nice Gentile man, or whatever.
While Jewish people will always claim him as family, the rest of us will always enjoy his music. That's nice.
Occam's Tool| 8.8.12 @ 10:27AM
Cobalt: you understand, my comment was meant to get a Jack rant. You, sir, are a lovely human being, based on what I can sense from what you write.
Cobalt| 8.8.12 @ 10:52AM
Thank you.
Mike in N.C.| 8.8.12 @ 4:38PM
Agreed
Bob Grant| 8.7.12 @ 11:06PM
RIP
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Derek Leaberry| 8.8.12 @ 9:17AM
Sorry he's dead but I couldn't stand the sissy music. He was essentially Barry Manilow who couldn't sing.
Mick Lee| 8.8.12 @ 9:38AM
He wrote "Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows!!"?!! Marvin, all is forgiven!
Seek| 8.8.12 @ 11:01AM
Getting into Julliard at at 6? Astounding. He truly was a remarkable prodigy -- not to demean, of course, his remarkable work over decades as an adult. Marvin Hamlisch, R.I.P.
Oldefarte| 8.8.12 @ 11:20AM
He created beauty through his wonderful music. May he rest in eternal peace!!!!!!!!!!!
Mike in N.C.| 8.8.12 @ 4:38PM
Agreed.