Biography: Marvin Frederick Hamlisch was born on June 2, 1944 to Lilly and Max Hamlisch in Manhattan. He attended classes at Juilliard as a child, and then enrolled at Queens College while working as a rehearsal pianist on Broadway. He met Barbra Streisand as a rehearsal pianist on "Funny Girl," and their collaboration, "The Way We Were," became a No. 1 pop single. He is survived by his wife, producer Terre Blair, whom he married in 1989.

Film/TV Credits: Wrote for many films and television series including: "The Informant!," "Candles on Bay Street," "To Life!" "America Celebrates Israel's 50th," "123 Count with Me," "The Mirror Has Two Faces," "Open Season," "Seasons of the Heart," "Frankie and Johnny," "Switched at Birth," "Missing Pieces," "A Streetcar Named Desire," "Sophie's Choice," "I Ought to Be in Pictures," "Ordinary People," "The Spy Who Loved Me," "Hot L Baltimore," "Take the Money and Run," "The April Fools," and "The Swimmer."

Other Awards: EGOT winner. Emmy Awards: Outstanding Music Direction for "Timeless: Live in Concert" 2001, Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for "AFI's 100 Years 100 Movies Special" in 1999, Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for "The Concert" in 1995, and Outstanding Music Direction for "The Concert" in 1995. Grammy Awards: Hall of Fame Award for "A Chorus Line" in 2007, Best New Artist in 1975, Song of the Year for "The Way We Were" in 1975, and Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media for "The Way We Were" in 1975. Oscars: Best Original Song for "The Way We Were" in 1974, Best Original Music Score for "The Way We Were" in 1974, and Best Original Song Score for "The Sting" in 1974. Pulitzer Prize for Drama for "A Chorus Line" in 1976. Inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 2008.

Trivia:
He was the pop conductor for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and others.
The marquees of the Broadway theaters were dimmed in his honor on August 8, 2012.