The Oscar-winning lyricist Marilyn Bergman has died.
Along with her husband, Alan, the Bergmans were a renowned music-writing duo whose hits included “The Windmills of Your Mind” and “The Way We Were.”
Are Alan and Marilyn Bergman still alive?
Marilyn Bergman died at her home in Los Angeles on Saturday, January 8, 2022. She was 93.
According to her representatives at Sunshine Sachs, the cause was a respiratory failure (non-COVID related).
Her husband Alan who is still alive and daughter Julie Bergman were at her side.
The couple collaborated with such composers as Marvin Hamlisch, Michel Legrand, Henry Mancini, Dave Grusin, and Quincy Jones.
Jones, with whom the Bergmans collaborated on songs for the 1967 movie In The Heat of The Night starring the late Sidney Poitier, paid tribute to the legendary lyricist in tweets.
“My dear, dear, beautiful Marilyn Bergman, to lose you this morning, so close to our brother Sidney, is just crushing me.”
In addition to her husband, Alan, Marilyn is survived by their daughter and son-in-law Julie Bergman and iLan Azoulai, and her granddaughter, Emily Sender.
