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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.
Alan Bergman wrote a song with his future wife on the day they first met. Over the next 60 years they never stopped making music together.
Alan Bergman, Oscar-winning songwriter behind 'The Way We Were,' dies at 99 Bergman, along with his late wife Marilyn, won several Oscars, Emmys, and Grammys for their prolific work in TV and movies.
Alan Bergman, Oscar-winning lyricist who helped write ‘The Way We Were,’ dies at 99 Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson, Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennett and many other artists performed his material.
Alan Bergman, the Oscar-winning lyricist behind timeless hits like "The Way We Were" and "How Do You Keep the Music Playing," has passed away at 99.
Alan Bergman, Oscar, Grammy and Emmy-Winning Songwriter, Dies at 99 Bergman and his wife and songwriting partner Marilyn wrote songs for 'The Way We Were', 'Yentl' and many more movies ...
Alan and Marilyn Bergman won two more Oscars, for writing Barbra Streisand’s chart-topper “ The Way We Were ” in 1973 with Marvin Hamlisch and for Streisand’s Yentl title song, co-written ...
Alan Bergman, the Oscar-winning lyricist who teamed with wife Marilyn Bergman as one of the most celebrated duos in movie music, has died. He was 99.
Alan Bergman, Oscar-winning lyricist who helped write 'The Way We Were,' dies at 99 Bergman died late Thursday at his home in Los Angeles, family spokesperson Ken Sunshine said in a statement Friday.
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Alan Bergman wrote a song with his future wife on the day they first met. Bergman was one half of one of the greatest American songwriting duos. The other was his wife Marilyn ...
Alan Bergman, the Oscar-, Grammy- and Emmy-winning songwriter whose lyric-writing partnership with his wife Marilyn lasted more than six decades and produced such hits as “The Windmills of Your ...
A version of this article appears in print on July 20, 2025, Section A, Page 30 of the New York edition with the headline: Alan Bergman, 99, Half of a Lyrics Team With 3 Oscars, Dies.