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Good night Marvin Hamlisch, age 68.
I always remember him on Merv Griffin, behind the piano, talking about how he adapted Scott Joplin when he scored "The Sting". It was so perfect for the film, it renewed interest in ragtime. Ragtime FFS! And every kid who played piano that year was forever begged to bang out "The Entertainer".
He was also responsible for "A Chorus Line" which every theater person either has a true fondness for, or at least has heard their friends riffing on "One!..... singular sensation, every little step she takes..."
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