What is Alan and Marilyn Bergman?
[[File:Alan and Marilyn Bergman.tif|thumb|Alan and Marilyn Bergman in 2002]] '''Alan Bergman''' (born September 11, 1925) and '''Marilyn Bergman''' ([[Given name#Name at birth|née]] '''Keith'''; November 10, 1929 &ndash; January 8, 2022) were [[Americans|American]] [[lyricist]]s and [[songwriter]]s. They were married in 1958.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thejc.com/arts/music/53345/happily-married-and-a-relationship-streisand|title=Happily married, and in a relationship with Streisand|last=Nathan|first=John|date=August 18, 2011|website=www.thejc.com|publisher=|access-date=2016-08-23|archive-date=2016-09-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921104336/http://www.thejc.com/arts/music/53345/happily-married-and-a-relationship-streisand|url-status=dead}}</ref> They were both born in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]]. Alan studied at [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]] while Marilyn studied at [[New York University]]. The Bergmans wrote the music and lyrics for many well known television shows, movies, and stage musicals. The Bergmans won two [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Academy Awards for Best Original Song]] and have been added into the [[Songwriters Hall of Fame]]. They also won four [[Emmy Awards]] and a [[Grammy Award]] in 1975. They wrote songs for ''[[In the Heat of the Night (movie)|In the Heat of the Night]]'', ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]]'', ''[[Tootsie]]'', ''[[The Thomas Crown Affair (1968 movie)|The Thomas Crown Affair]]'', ''[[The Happy Ending]]'', and ''[[The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart]]''. Marilyn Bergman died on January 8, 2022 at her home in [[Los Angeles]] from [[respiratory failure]], at age 93.<ref>[https://deadline.com/2022/01/marilyn-bergman-dead-oscar-grammy-emmy-winner-was-94-obituary-1234906743/ Marilyn Bergman Dies: Multiple Oscar, Emmy, Grammy Winning Lyricist Was 93]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bergman, Alan and Mary}} [[Category:Academy Award winning composers]] [[Category:American composers]] [[Category:American songwriter