Composer Marvin Hamlisch dies at 68 in Los Angeles

[WoodPeckr]

By CHRIS TALBOTT | Associated Press – 2 hrs 39 mins ago

Marvin Hamlisch, who composed or arranged the scores for dozens of movies including "The Sting" and the Broadway smash "A Chorus Line," has died in Los Angeles. He was 68.

Hamlisch collapsed and died Monday after a brief illness, his publicist Ken Sunshine said on behalf of the family. Other details were not released.

 

[Petzel]

RIP
His score for the Sting was phenomenal.

 

[rafterman]

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A very accomplished composer. His body of work will certainly live on. The musical score for "The Sting" has certainly entered popular culture.

 

[Aardvark154]

Crips this has been a bad week.

 

[SoftHands813]

Heard him live in concert where he took song title suggestions from the audience and composed songs on the spot. He had a great rapport with the audience - when one gentleman shouted out "Have I Got A Girl For You!", Hamlisch replied, "Sir, is that a song title, or should we talk after the show?" (or words to that effect). He then sang a song which culminated with the following lines:
Have I got a girl for you,
best of all,
she's an Orthodox Jew!

A great talent gone too soon, but what a legacy he leaves for us to enjoy!

 

[Don Draper]

Truly a loss.

Along with Maurice Jarre, Dimitri Tiomkin, Ennio Morricone and John Barry, one of the great all-time film composers.

R.I.P.

 

[Rockslinger]

They don't compose songs like that anymore. R.I.P.

 

[WoodPeckr]

A great talent gone too soon, but what a legacy he leaves for us to enjoy!

What is even sadder is I don't see much up and coming talent in Marvin's caliber to replace him....:frown: