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Marilyn Bergman, a lyricist who has won multiple Oscars, Emmys, and Grammys — and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame — has died, PEOPLE confirms. She was 93.
Marilyn’s cause of death has been revealed as respiratory failure, though it was not related to the ongoingCOVID-19 pandemic.
Born in 1929, Marilyn was a music major at New York’s High School of Music and Art and later went on to study Psychology and English at New York University.
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After getting her degree, she moved to Los Angeles. In 1956, she met Alan, who she would later go on to marry and work alongside for years, building an illustrious career as a couple and work partners.
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The pair would go on to win Oscars for songs “The Windmills of Your Mind” and “The Way We Were,” as well as for the score forYentl.Marilyn and Alan similarly garnered a Golden Globe Award and a Grammy Award for “The Way We Were.”
They also scored Emmys forSybil, Queen of the Stardust Ballroom, Ordinary Miracles, andA Ticket to Dream, among various other accolades.
Alongside her work as a musician, Marilyn was also passionate about politics and social activism.
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Then, in 1984, Marilyn and 10 other women founded the political PAC, The Hollywood Women’s Political Committee (HWPC). The group raised money for Democratic candidates.
source: people.com
