Composer Marvin Hamlisch dies at 68 in Los Angeles | Inquirer Entertainment

Composer Marvin Hamlisch dies at 68 in Los Angeles

/ 09:29 PM August 07, 2012

In this Nov. 8, 2011 file photo originally released by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, composer Marvin Hamlisch performs at the Cedars-Sinai Board of Governors Gala at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Hamlisch, a conductor and award-winning composer best known for the torch song “The Way We Were,” died Monday, Aug. 6, 2012 in Los Angeles. He was 68. (AP Photo/Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Alex J. Berliner)

LOS ANGELES — Marvin Hamlisch, who composed the scores for dozens of movies including “The Sting” and won a Tony for “A Chorus Line,” has died in Los Angeles at 68.

Family spokesman Jason Lee says Hamlisch died Monday after a brief illness. Other details aren’t being released.

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Hamlisch’s career included composing, conducting and arranging music from Broadway to Hollywood. His movies included “The Way We Were” and “Sophie’s Choice.”

He won three Academy Awards, four Emmys and a Tony.

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