erynthered Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/marvin-hamlisch-oscar-winning-composer-dies-68-50971 Hamlisch composed music for more than 40 motion picture, including his Oscar-winning score and song for “The Way We Were,” and his adaptation of Scott Joplin’s ragtime music for “The Sting,” for which he received a third Oscar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ajzepp Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Wow, that's too bad. 68 is too young. This was a very, very talented guy....RIP Marvin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbb Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4VRqFUSIvY He was a punchline on SNL for Gilda - for being rather geeky. So, that was my image of him. Then, he was the pops director of the Buffalo Philharmonic for a number of years. We'd go to the Holiday Pops every year, and he was hysterical. He had tons of charisma and a great sense of humor. And, that was on top of all the great music he composed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SageAgainstTheMachine Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Buried as an EGOT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowgirlsFan Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Another one in the music world is gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4VRqFUSIvY I looked up Gilda Radner to see how old she was when she died. She was 42, way to young of course. But I found this quote from Gene Wilder. As a happily married man it crushed me. She went in for the scan – but the people there could not keep her on the gurney. She was raving like a crazed woman – she knew they would give her morphine and was afraid she’d never regain consciousness. She kept getting off the cart as they were wheeling her out. Finally three people were holding her gently and saying, "Come on Gilda. We’re just going to go down and come back up." She kept saying, "Get me out, get me out!" She’d look at me and beg me, "Help me out of here. I’ve got to get out of here." And I’d tell her, "You’re okay honey. I know. I know." They sedated her, and when she came back, she remained unconscious for three days. I stayed at her side late into the night, sometimes sleeping over. Finally a doctor told me to go home and get some sleep. At 4 am on Saturday, I heard a pounding on my door. It was an old friend, a surgeon, who told me, "Come on. It's time to go." When I got there, a night nurse, whom I still want to thank, had washed Gilda and taken out all the tubes. She put a pretty yellow barrette in her hair. She looked like an angel. So peaceful. She was still alive, and as she lay there, I kissed her. But then her breathing became irregular, and there were long gasps and little gasps. Two hours after I arrived, Gilda was gone. While she was conscious, I never said goodbye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 (edited) I looked up Gilda Radner to see how old she was when she died. She was 42, way to young of course. But I found this quote from Gene Wilder. As a happily married man it crushed me. That just breaks me up too... My mom passed away from ovarian cancer at 59 in 1999... After fighting it for 6 years. So hard to beat, thought it was in remission... And then bam, she was gone in under 6 months... My son was under one years old at the time, he was Christened in October, she was his God Mother and she was gone in early February. Edited August 9, 2012 by ExiledInIllinois Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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