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Stephen Sondheim, Oscar Hammerstein and More Who Died Just an Emmy Shy of EGOT Status
Stephen Sondheim, Oscar Hammerstein and More Who Died Just an Emmy Shy of EGOT Status
At last year’s Primetime Emmys, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul became EGOTs when they won outstanding original music and lyrics for co-writing a tongue-twisting song for Only Murders in the Building. The pretty but lightweight “Three Coins in the Fountain” beat the Judy Garland torch classic “The Man That Got Away” for the Oscar, though Funny Girl turned Barbra Streisand into a superstar. Fonda was nominated for Primetime Emmys in acting categories three times, for The Red Pony Bell System Family Theater(1973), IBM Presents Clarence Darrow(1975) and Gideon’s Trumpet Hallmark Hall of Fame(1980).
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