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Posted on 06/11/2022 10:08:20 AM PDT by TBP

Tomorrow night, the Tony Awards are being presented, thankfully live again.

Only 16 people have won the EGOT -- Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony. How many can you name?


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To: TBP
OK, a 17th winner joined the EGOT list last night when A Strange Loop won for Best Musical. Here is the completel list, in order of achieving EGOT: Richard Rodgers (1962) Helen Hayes (1977) Rita Moreno (1977) Sir John Gielgud (1991) Audrey Hepburn (1993) (posthumously) Marvin Hamlisch (1995) Jonathan Tunick (1997) Mel Brooks (2001) Mike Nichols (2001) Whoopi Goldberg (2002) Scott Rudin (2012) Robert Lopez (2013) Sir Andrew Lloyd Weber (2018)* Tim Rice (2018)* John Legend (2018)* Alan Mencken (2020) Jennifer Hudson (2022) (won last night as a producer of A Strange Loop) Teh following have all four but are not technically considered EGOT winners because one of the awards is honorary: Barbra Streisand (1970) (Special Tony Award) Liza Minnelli (1973) (Grammy Legend Award) James EArl Jones (2011) (Oscar Honorary Award) Harry Belafonte (2014) (Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award -- Oscar) Quincy Jones (2016) (Jean Herholt Humanitarian Award)
81 posted on 06/13/2022 8:36:56 AM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: TBP
OK, a 17th winner joined the EGOT list last night when A Strange Loop won for Best Musical.

Here is the completel list, in order of achieving EGOT:

Richard Rodgers (1962)
Helen Hayes (1977)
Rita Moreno (1977)
Sir John Gielgud (1991)
Audrey Hepburn (1993) (posthumously)
Marvin Hamlisch (1995)
Jonathan Tunick (1997)
Mel Brooks (2001)
Mike Nichols (2001)
Whoopi Goldberg (2002)
Scott Rudin (2012)
Robert Lopez (2013)
Sir Andrew Lloyd Weber (2018)*
Tim Rice (2018)*
John Legend (2018)*
Alan Mencken (2020) Jennifer Hudson (2022) (won last night as a producer of A Strange Loop)

*Lloyd Weber, Rice, and Legend all won simultaneously for the NBC television production of Jesus Crhst Superstar

The following have all four but are not technically considered EGOT winners because one of the awards is honorary:

Barbra Streisand (1970) (Special Tony Award)
Liza Minnelli (1973) (Grammy Legend Award)
James EArl Jones (2011) (Oscar Honorary Award)
Harry Belafonte (2014) (Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award -- Oscar)
Quincy Jones (2016) (Jean Herholt Humanitarian Award)

82 posted on 06/13/2022 8:40:58 AM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: TBP

James Earl Jones, Barbra Streisand, Harry Belafonte, and Quincy Jones have the four awards, but in each case, one was honorary, rather than competitive.

Surprising to see John Legend, Alan Menken, and the unknown Robert Lopez have all four. Maybe getting a Daytime Emmy shouldn’t count.


83 posted on 06/14/2022 9:12:01 AM PDT by x
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Lopez is a composer and sometime lyricist. He worked on The Book of Mormon, , and others . He often writes with his lyricist wife, Kristen Anderson-Lopez.

He co-wrote four songs for the TV series Scrubs.

The Book of Mormon earned him Tonys for Best Musical, Best Original Score, and Best Book of a Musical in 2011, as well as a Grammy for the cast album.

He won an Emmy for his work on The Wonder Pets.

84 posted on 06/14/2022 12:57:27 PM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: TBP

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_EGOT_winners


85 posted on 06/14/2022 1:00:48 PM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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No argument from me for obvious reasons.


86 posted on 06/29/2022 4:03:57 PM PDT by Impy ("We didn't steal the election, we swear!!!" - Sincerely, The Election Thieves )
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