deaths
August 6, 2012
Marvin Hamlisch, American pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1944)
Marvin Hamlisch
Marvin Frederick Hamlisch was an American composer and conductor. He is one of a handful of people to win Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony awards, a feat dubbed the "EGOT". He and composer Richard Rodgers are the only people to have won those prizes and a Pulitzer Prize ("PEGOT").
August 6
August 6 is the 218th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 147 days remain until the end of the year.