Streisand, Minnelli, Franklin sing for Marvin Hamlisch

NEW YORK, Sept 20: Three of America’s leading stage performers – Barbra Streisand, Liza Minnelli and Aretha Franklin – paid tribute to Marvin Hamlisch on Tuesday, honoring the late composer for his contributions to Broadway and movies, as well as their personal lives. The invitation-only tribute for the composer of numerous hit records, movies and musicals such as “A Chorus Line” was held at the New York’s Juilliard School for the Arts where Hamlisch studied as a boy after three years earlier displaying at the age of 4 a gift for mimicking music. (agencies)