The Return of the Classic Films Obituary Thread

[CBHagman]

27. Oscar-winning songwriter Marilyn Bergman, 93

"The Windmills of Your Mind." "In the Heat of the Night." "The Way We Were." "You Don't Bring Me Flowers." If you've heard any of them, you know Marilyn Bergman's work.

And she was politically active, too.

Ms. Bergman is survived by her husband and songwriting partner, Alan. This obituary gets into a few interesting details of her creative process.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jan/12/marilyn-bergman-obituary

Having been one of very few women in the songwriting business early in her career, Bergman was a founding member of the Hollywood women’s political committee, alongside Jane Fonda, Streisand and others. The committee raised money for Democratic political candidates, and in 1993 the Bergmans wrote material for Bill Clinton’s first presidential inauguration. In 1985 Marilyn was the first woman elected to the board of directors of ASCAP, the performance rights organisation, and she served as its president from 1994 until 2009.