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Marvin Hamlisch, a conductor and award-winning composer best known for the torch song "The Way We Were," died Aug. 6, 2012, in Los Angeles. He was 68.
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Composer Marvin Hamlisch and wife, Terre Hamlisch, attend the opening night of "A Chorus Line" on Oct. 5, 2006, in New York.
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Composer Marvin Hamlisch attending the premiere of "The Informant" at The Ziegfeld Theatre in New York on Sept. 15, 2009.
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Radio host Joey English and composer Marvin Hamlisch attend the Idyllwild Arts Foundation's Life in Art Awards Gala honoring composer Marvin Hamlisch on March 15, 2009, in Los Angeles.
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Singer Liza Minnelli performs live on stage with conductor Marvin Hamlisch at the 2009 New York Philharmonic Spring Gala at Avery Fisher Hall on April 20, 2009, in New York.
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Conductor Marvin Hamilsch performs on stage at the 2009 New York Philharmonic Spring Gala at Avery Fisher Hall on April 20, 2009, in New York.
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From left to right, screenwriter Scott Z Burns, producers Gregory Jacobs and Jennifer Fox, and composer Marvin Hamlisch arrive at the Excelsior Hotel during the 66th Venice Film Festival on Sept. 7, 2009, in Venice.
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Composer Marvin Hamlisch and wife, Terre Blair, attend "The Informant!" premiere at the Sala Grande during the 66th Venice Film Festival on Sept. 7, 2009, in Venice.
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Composer Marvin Hamlisch and wife, Terre Blair, attend the "The Informant" benefit screening at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Sept. 15, 2009, in New York.
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Marvin Hamlisch attends Lighthouse International presents the 2009 LightYears Gala: The Lighthouse Salutes The Arts at The Plaza Hotel on Nov. 10, 2009, in New York.
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From left to right, lyricists Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman and composers Marvin Hamlisch and Dan Foliart attend a Society of Composers & Lyricists/ASCAP Q&A prior to a screening of "The Informant!" at the Linwood Dunn Theater on Nov. 18, 2009, in Los Angeles.
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Composer Marvin Hamlisch and lyricist Alan Bergman perform on stage at ASCAP's reception honoring Hamlisch, Bergman and his wife Marilyn Bergman at the Catalina Bar & Grill on Nov. 18, 2009, in Los Angeles.
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The Hollywood Reporter publisher Eric Mika, left, and composer Marvin Hamlisch, recipient of The Hollywood Reporter Maestro Award, pose at ASCAP's reception honoring Hamlisch and Alan and Marilyn Bergman at the Catalina Bar & Grill on Nov. 18, 2009, in Los Angeles.
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Composer Marvin Hamlisch attends a Society of Composers & Lyricists/ASCAP Q&A prior to a screening of "The Informant!" at the Linwood Dunn Theater on Nov. 18, 2009, in Los Angeles.
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Composer Marvin Hamlisch attends a Society of Composers & Lyricists/ASCAP Q&A prior to a screening of "The Informant!" at the Linwood Dunn Theater on Nov. 18, 2009, in Los Angeles.
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Marvin Hamlisch, left, and Barbra Streisand at the Cedars-Sinai Board of Governors Gala at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Nov. 8, 2011.
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Composer Marvin Hamlisch performs at the Cedars-Sinai Board of Governors Gala at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Nov. 8, 2011.
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Composer Marvin Hamlisch poses with the cast of "A Chorus Line," April 26, 2006 in New York City.
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Composer Marvin Hamlisch and his wife, Terry Blair, arrive for the 67th Golden Globe Awards, Jan. 17, 2010, in Beverly Hills, Calif.