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Marvin Hamlisch: Hamlisch

Broadway To Hollywood Dept: Family spokesman Jason Lee said Hamlisch died Monday after a brief illness. Other details aren't being released. Broadway to Hollywood, according to CBC. The composer won every major award in his career, including three Academy Awards, four Emmys, a Tony and three Golden Globes. His music colored some of film and Broadway's most important works. Marvin Hamlisch, right, at the piano on Sept. 9, 1986, with lyricist Howard Ashman in New York. His best-known song was The Way We Were. Nancy Kaye/Associated Press 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. Hamlisch's career included composing, conducting and arranging music from Broadway to Hollywood. He also served as a judge for 's Triple Sensation talent competition show in 2007. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.