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Alan Bergman, Oscar-winning lyricist who helped write 'The Way We Were,' dies at 99
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FILE - Marilyn and Alan Bergman pose at their piano in their Beverly Hills home on March 17, 1980. - photo by AP Photo/Lennox McLendon, File
Alan Bergman, the Oscar-winning lyricist who teamed with his wife, Marilyn, for an enduring and loving partnership that produced such old-fashioned hits as “How Do You Keep the Music Playing?,” “It Might Be You” and the classic “The Way We Were,” has died at 99. Bergman died late Thursday at his home in Los Angeles, family spokesperson Ken Sunshine said in a statement Friday. The statement said Bergman had, in recent months, suffered from respiratory issues “but continued to write songs till the very end.” The Bergmans married in 1958 and remained together until her death, in 2022.