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Marvin Hamlisch | 1944-2012

Marvin Hamlisch was the winner of three Oscars, four Grammys, four Emmys and a Tony -- as well as a Pulitzer Prize.

Marvin Hamlisch was the winner of three Oscars, four Grammys, four Emmys and a Tony -- as well as a Pulitzer Prize.  (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

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Celebrated composer Marvin Hamlisch, best known for the Tony Award-winning “A Chorus Line” and the movie classic “The Sting,” has died in Los Angeles. He was 68.


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Marvin Hamlisch at the piano collaborated with lyricist Howard Ashman on the Broadway musical “Smile” in 1986.  (Nancy Kaye / Associated Press)

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Marvin Hamlisch talks to the audience after being appointed principal pops conductor for the Buffalo Philharmonic in Buffalo, N.Y., in 2003.  (Don Heupel / Associated Press)

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Marvin Hamlisch conducts a program of his own works -- Marvin Does Marvin -- as principal conductor of the Pasadena Pops in July 2011.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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Robert Klein, left, Lucie Arnaz and Marvin Hamlisch -- the stars and composer for the 1979 Broadway musical, “They’re Playing Our Song” -- reunite for a concert in June.  (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

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