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NEW YORK (JTA) — Marvin Hamlisch, the acclaimed composer and arranger of dozens of Broadway plays and films, has died at 68.\u00a0Hamlisch died Monday in Los Angeles following a brief illness.\u00a0He perhaps was best known for his work on the long-running Broadway musical “A Chorus Line,” which won several Tony Awards and for which Hamlisch won the Pulitzer Prize.<\/p>\n
Along with the Pulitzer, Hamlisch earned three Academy Awards, four Emmys, a Tony, four Grammys and three Golden Globes — a rare combination of honors in the entertainment industry. Hamlisch composed more than 40 film scores, including for “Sophie\u2019s Choice,” “Ordinary People” and “Take the Money and Run.”<\/p>\n
Hamlisch was born in New York to Viennese Jewish parents and at 7 became the youngest student ever accepted into the city\u2019s prestigious Juilliard School. He started on Broadway as a rehearsal pianist and assistant vocal arranger for “Funny Girl,” starring Barbra Streisand, for whom he would later compose “The Way We Were.”<\/p>\n
In addition to his work on Broadway musicals and movies, Hamlisch also was a conductor and led symphony orchestras across the United States, including in Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, San Diego, Seattle, Dallas and Pasadena, Calif.<\/p>\n
For more information on Hamlisch’s life, see the interview conducted by the CCJN Editor here<\/a>.<\/p>\n