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Subject: Obit: Marvin Hamlisch From: Stilly River Sage Date: 07 Aug 12 - 10:00 AM So many of those film scores you loved came from Marvin Hamlisch. New York Times obituary. Marvin Hamlisch, the singularly productive and sensationally decorated composer of musicals like "A Chorus Line" and songs like "The Way We Were," has died, The Associated Press reported. A family spokesman told The A.P. that Mr. Hamlisch died in Los Angeles on Monday after a brief illness but did not provide additional details. Mr. Hamlisch was 68. Updated by the NYT SRS |
Subject: RE: Obit: Marvin Hamlisch From: catspaw49 Date: 07 Aug 12 - 11:46 AM Geeziz......What a loss.............He was a special friend of Groucho Marx who appreciated great musicians, and especially ones who knew would happily accompany him on piano and knew all his favorite songs. The feeling was mutual of course as MH also had a great sense of humor and was a long time Marxist. I dunno' why I remember that so much but it was a beautiful friendship with one at the early stages of his career and the other at the end. Hamlisch left us all a huge volume of work and will be remembered for all the great writings he has done but for me, I think of that friendship, equally special............... Spaw |
Subject: RE: Obit: Marvin Hamlisch From: Cool Beans Date: 07 Aug 12 - 11:55 AM Did the NY Times actually say "The Way We Were" came from the movie "The Sting"? I must check this out. RIP, Mr. Hamlisch. |
Subject: RE: Obit: Marvin Hamlisch From: Cool Beans Date: 07 Aug 12 - 11:58 AM No, it did not. Somewhere along the way some words were dropped. Anyway, it's correct now on the Times website. |
Subject: RE: Obit: Marvin Hamlisch From: SINSULL Date: 07 Aug 12 - 02:24 PM A CUNY graduate along with Simon and Garfunkel. Must have been a hell of a music dept in those years. RIP |
Subject: RE: Obit: Marvin Hamlisch From: gnu Date: 07 Aug 12 - 03:55 PM One after another... RIP. |
Subject: RE: Obit: Marvin Hamlisch (1944-2012) From: Wincing Devil Date: 08 Aug 12 - 10:32 AM I thank him for introducing me (and many of us) to the music of Scott Joplin. |
Subject: RE: Obit: Marvin Hamlisch (1944-2012) From: Leadfingers Date: 08 Aug 12 - 12:51 PM Loved his arrangements for The Sting , but I was already a Joplin fan ! R I P Mister Hamlish ! |
Subject: RE: Obit: Marvin Hamlisch (1944-2012) From: fat B****rd Date: 08 Aug 12 - 03:47 PM What Wincing Devil siad. RIP Mr. Hamlisch. |
Subject: RE: Obit: Marvin Hamlisch (1944-2012) From: YorkshireYankee Date: 09 Aug 12 - 12:00 AM Remembrance of Marvin Hamlisch on BBC Radio 4's Front Row programme (Chapter 1/first 12 min), including excerpts of a 2009 interview with him: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01lhgyl Original (16 min) interview here (also at the start of the programme): http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ltst6 Well worth a listen -- really shows not only how talented he is (like all true geniuses, he makes it |
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