Marilyn Bergman, winner of multiple Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and more for her song lyrics, has died at 93. She passed at home in Los Angeles at 1:15 AM PT Saturday morning with husband Alan Bergman a…
In 1986 they were nominated for a Golden Globe, an Academy Award, and a Grammy Award for the song “Moonlight,” performed by Sting for the Sydney Pollack filmTheir principal collaborators include Dave Grusin, John Williams, Quincy Jones, James Newton Howard, Michel Legrand, Johnny Mandel, Cy Coleman, Henry Mancini and Marvin Hamlisch.
In 1984, Marilyn, along with ten other women, founded the powerful political PAC “The Hollywood Women’s Political Committee ,” that raised millions of dollars for Democratic candidates. It was described as the “single most powerful entertainment group in politics.” Marilyn served two terms as the president of CISAC, the International Confederation of Performing Right Societies. In 1996, she received France’s highest cultural honor, Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters Medal. In 1998, she was awarded the Cultural Medal of Honor from the Spanish performing right society . In 2002, Marilyn was appointed the first chairman of the Library of Congress National Academy Sound Recording Preservation Board.
Marilyn has been a member of the executive committee of the music branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, a member of the board of directors of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and a member of the board of directors of the Streisand Foundation.In 1995 she received a National Academy of Songwriters Lifetime Achievement Award and an honorary doctorate from the Berklee College of Music.
The year 2000 brought them the Creative Arts Award from The Kaufman Cultural Center and the National Music Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award.