Photos: Composer Marvin Hamlisch dead at 68

Posted Aug 07, 2012

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, citing the family. Other details were not released.

Hamlisch’s career included composing, conducting and arranging music from Broadway to Hollywood, from symphonies to R&B hits. He won every major award in his career, including three Academy Awards, four Emmys, four Grammys, a Tony and three Golden Globes.

The one-time child prodigy’s music colored some of Hollywood and Broadway’s most important works.(AP)

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Pianist Marvin Hamlisch is shown in a 1989 photo. (AP Photo)
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FILE - This Sept. 9, 1986 file photo shows composer Marvin Hamlisch, right, at the piano with lyricist Howard Ashman in New York. 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/Nancy Kaye, file)
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FILE - This Oct. 12, 1983 file photo shows composer Marvin Hamlisch, left, and theatrical producer Joseph Papp at the record-breaking 3,389th performance of the musical "A Chorus Line," in New York. 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, file)
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Composer Marvin Hamlisch, left, joins lyricists Marilyn Bergman, center, and Alan Bergman at the Golden Globe Awards ceremony after they won for best song, "The Way We Were," in Beverly Hills, Ca., Jan. 26, 1974. (AP Photo)
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Songwriter and composer Marvin Hamlisch is photographed during his interview at Sardi's restaurant in New York City on Jan. 21, 1977. (AP Photo)
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First lady Rosalynn Carter reaches to shake hands with composer Marvin Hamlisch, right, after he and entertainers Luci Arnaz and Robert Klein completed a show at a dinner held on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Sept. 23, 1979, for members of Congress. From left: Roalynn Carter; President Jimmy Carter; Arnaz, Hamlisch; and Robert Klein, standing behind Mrs. Carter. (AP Photo/Mark Wilson)
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A party is held after a benefit performance by Marvin Hamlisch at the Carnegie Hall in New York on April 13, 1980. Hamlisch played a full concert of his own music at the Pierre Hotel Grand Ballroom. (AP Photo/Carlos Rene Perez)
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Cindy Garvey, estranged wife of ballplayer Steve Garvey, is escorted by songwriter Marvin Hamlisch to the opening of the Broadway play "Crimes of the Heart," Nov. 5, 1981, in New York. (AP Photo)
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Composer Marvin Hamlisch, left, joins theatrical producer Joseph Papp at the record-breaking 3,389th performance of the musical "A Chorus Line," in New York, on October 12, 1983. (AP Photo)
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Composer Marvin Hamlisch, right, is shown at the piano with lyricist Howard Ashman in New York City on Sept. 9, 1986. Hamlisch wrote the music for the new Broadway show "Smiles," and Ashman wrote the book, lyrics and directed the show. (AP Photo/Nancy Kaye)
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Marvin Hamlisch contemplates the answer to a reporter's question after the announcement appointing him the Principal Pops Conductor for the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra at Kleinhan's Music Hall in Buffalo, N.Y. on Thursday, March 27, 2003. (AP Photo/Don Heupel)
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Lawrence Ribits, president and chief executive officer of the Buffalo Philharmonic, left, reaches to shake the hand of Marvin Hamlisch after appointing him the Principal Pops Conductor for the orchestra at the Kleinhan's Music Hall in Buffalo, N.Y., Thursday, March 27, 2003. (AP Photo/Don Heupel)
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Marvin Hamlisch listens to the announcement appointing him the Principal Pops Conductor for the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra at Kleinhan's Music Hall in Buffalo, N.Y., on Thursday, March 27, 2003. (AP Photo/Don Heupel)
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First lady Laura Bush, center, jokes with Broadway singer J. Mark McVey, right, as entertainer Marvin Hamlisch looks on at left, after they performed during a luncheon for Senate spouses, Monday, June 18, 2007, at the White House in Washington. McVey performed a song from Phantom of the Opera. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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This image provided by Columbia Artists Management Inc. LLC shows Marvin Hamlisch. The Pasadena Pops says the award-winning composer, Hamlisch, will be its principal conductor during summer 2011. The 65-year-old entertainer has won three Oscars, four Grammys, four Emmys, a Tony and three Golden Globes. He also won a Pulitzer Prize for his show "A Chorus Line." (AP Photo/Columbia Artists Management Inc. LLC, Jason Cohn) NO SALES
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In this Feb. 5, 2011 publicity image released by the New York Philharmonic, Marvin Hamlisch, left, conducts while Idina Menzel performs with the New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall in New York. (AP Photo/New York Philharmonic, Chris Lee)
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COMMERCIAL IMAGE - In this photograph taken by AP Images for Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Marvin Hamlisch is seen at the Cedars-Sinai Board of Governors Gala at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Tuesday, November 8, 2011. (Alex J. Berliner/AP Images for Cedars-Sinai Medical Center)
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In this Nov. 8, 2011 file photograph originally released by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center shows composer Marvin Hamlisch, left, and Barbra Streisand at the Cedars-Sinai Board of Governors Gala at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. 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, file )
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FILE - This March 27, 2003 file photo shows conductor and composer Marvin Hamlisch after being appointed the principal pops conductor for the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra at the Kleinhan's Music Hall in Buffalo, N.Y. 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/Don Heupel, file)
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Composer Marvin Hamlisch poses for a portrait during a photo session in a Beverly Hills, California hotel room on Friday, Sept. 6, 1996. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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In this Nov. 8, 2011 file photograph originally released by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center shows composer Marvin Hamlisch, left, and Barbra Streisand at the Cedars-Sinai Board of Governors Gala at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. 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, file )
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FILE - 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, Calif. 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)
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Composer Marvin Halmisch plays the piano during a photo session in a Beverly Hill, California hotel room on Friday, Sept. 6, 1996. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon
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Marvin Hamlisch attends the Conde Nast Traveler Readers Choice awards in New York, on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)
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FILE - This Sept. 15, 2009 file photo shows composer Marvin Hamlisch attending the premiere of "The Informant" at The Ziegfeld Theatre in New York. 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/Peter Kramer, file)