US EditionAlan Bergman, Oscar-Winning Lyricist Who Helped Compose 'The Way We Were' and Other Classics, Dead at 99
LOS ANGELES, JUL 18 – Alan Bergman, who earned 16 Oscar nominations with his wife Marilyn, continued writing despite respiratory issues before passing at 99, family spokesman said.
- Alan Bergman, an Oscar-winning lyricist, died at 99 on Thursday night at his home in Los Angeles.
- Bergman and his wife Marilyn, married in 1958, formed a long-lasting songwriting team known for movie themes and TV songs.
- They wrote lyrics for notable songs including 'The Way We Were', 'The Windmills of Your Mind', and contributed to TV comedies like 'Maude' and 'Alice'.
- Their work earned three Academy Awards, four Emmys, two Grammys, and a Songwriters Hall of Fame induction in 1980, with 16 Oscar nominations total.
- Bergman continued writing songs into his 90s despite recent respiratory issues, and his family announced a private graveside burial.
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Oscar-winning songwriter, Brooklyn native Alan Bergman dies at 99
Three-time Academy Award-winning songwriter and Brooklyn native Alan Bergman has died less than two months before his 100th birthday. His death was confirmed by his daughter, film producer Julie Bergman Sender, who told The Hollywood Reporter that her father died from natural causes at his Los Angeles home Thursday night. Bergman was preceded in death by his wife and songwriting partner, Marilyn Bergman, who died of respiratory failure in 2022. …
Alan Bergman, the award-winning composer Oscar, Grammy and Emmy, whose collaboration in songwriting with his wife Marilyn lasted more than six decades and produced hits such as The Windmills of Your Mind, The Way We Were (as we were) and In the Heat of the Night, died on Thursday, July 17 at night at his home in Los Angeles. He was 99 years old.
Alan and Marilyn Bergman took three Oscar trophies in Hollywood with their lyrics. At the age of 99, the songwriter died, three years after his wife.
The composer couple Alan and Marilyn Bergmann wrote many film scores. The duo received three Oscars and many more prizes. Three years after his wife's death, Alan Bergman died. He became 99 years old.
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arcamax.comAlan Bergman, Oscar-winning 'The Way We Were' and 'The Windmills of Your Mind' lyricist, dies at 99
Oscar-winning lyricist Alan Bergman, who co-wrote songs including 'The Way We Were' and 'The Windmills of Your Mind' with wife Marilyn Bergman, has died. He was 99.
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