Eventually yr’s Primetime Emmys, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul became EGOTs after they gained excellent unique music and lyrics for co-writing a tongue-twisting tune for Solely Murders within the Constructing.
On the earlier Primetime Emmys, which had been held in January 2024 because of labor disputes that delayed the present, Elton John clinched EGOT status when he gained excellent selection particular (reside) for his particular, Elton John: Farewell from Dodger Stadium.
The primary particular person ever to develop into an EGOT winner, although no person had coined that intelligent acronym but, was composer Richard Rodgers, who sealed the deal as the results of a Primetime Emmy win in 1962.
Eight different stars clinched EGOTs with their Emmy wins – which means they’d gained the three different mandatory awards (no less than one Grammy, Oscar and Tony) beforehand: Rita Moreno (1977), John Gielgud (1991), Marvin Hamlisch (1995), Mike Nichols (2001), Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice and John Legend (all 2018) and Alan Menken (2020).
The 2025 Primetime Emmys are arising on Sept. 14, with the Inventive Arts Emmys slated for Sept. 6-7, however nobody will develop into an EGOT winner this yr on account of an Emmy win. How can we be so certain? There are presently solely six people who find themselves simply an Emmy shy of EGOT standing and they’re all lifeless.
5 of those individuals had been composers or lyricists, so we determined to take a better take a look at their awards histories. Listed below are the six individuals who simply wanted an Emmy to drag off EGOTs, however died with out ever bringing house that award.
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Stephen Sondheim
Sondheim gained eight Tony Awards, plus a particular Tony in 2008 for lifetime achievement within the theatre. He gained seven Grammys, plus a trustees award from the Recording Academy in 2007. He gained one Oscar in 1991 for writing “Sooner or Later (I All the time Get My Man),” which Madonna sang within the movie Dick Tracy.
Sondheim gained two Tonys in 1971 for his basic Firm and gained one award every for A Humorous Factor Occurred on the Strategy to the Discussion board (1963), Follies (1972), A Little Night time Music (1973), Sweeney Todd (1979), Into the Woods (1988) and Ardour (1994). His highest-profile Grammy win got here in 1976 when “Ship within the Clowns” (from A Little Night time Music) grew to become the third (and most up-to-date) tune from a Broadway musical to win tune of the yr.
Sondheim was by no means even nominated for a Primetime Emmy. The closest he got here was when Stephen Sondheim’s ‘Ardour’ (Reside from Lincoln Middle) on PBS gained excellent particular class program in 2005, however solely the producers had been honored.
Sondheim died in 2021 at age 91.
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Oscar Hammerstein II
Hammerstein gained 5 Tony Awards, two Oscars and a Grammy (plus a trustees award from the Recording Academy in 1992). He gained three Tonys in 1950 for Rodgers & Hammerstein’s basic South Pacific and one every for the workforce’s The King and I (1952) and The Sound of Music (1960). His Grammy was additionally for The Sound of Music, which gained as greatest present album (unique forged) in 1961.
His Oscars, each for greatest unique tune, had been for “The Final Time I Noticed Paris” from Girl Be Good (1942, written with Jerome Kern) and “It Would possibly as Properly Be Spring” from State Honest (1946, written with Richard Rodgers).
Hammerstein died in 1960 at age 65.
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Alan Jay Lerner
Lerner gained three Oscars, two Tonys and a Grammy. He gained his first Oscar (greatest unique screenplay) for An American in Paris in 1952 and two extra (greatest unique tune and greatest tailored screenplay) for Gigi in 1959. He gained Tonys for the fantastic My Honest Girl (1957) and for a belated Broadway adaptation of Gigi (1974), each collaborations with Frederick Loewe.
He gained a Grammy in 1966 for greatest rating from an unique present album for On a Clear Day You Can See Perpetually, on which he collaborated with Burton Lane. He additionally acquired a trustees award from the Recording Academy in 1997 in tandem with Loewe.
Lerner died in 1986 at age 67.
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Jule Styne
Styne gained an Oscar in 1955 for writing “Three Cash within the Fountain” with Sammy Cahn; a Grammy in 1965 for writing the rating for Humorous Woman with Bob Merrill; and two Tonys in 1968 for the present Hallelujah, Child!, on which he collaborated with Betty Comden and Adolph Inexperienced.
The gorgeous however light-weight “Three Cash within the Fountain” beat the Judy Garland torch basic “The Man That Received Away” for the Oscar, although Humorous Woman turned Barbra Streisand right into a famous person. So, Styne’s Diva Scorecard is 1-1.
Styne was by no means nominated for an Emmy, however Broadway Sings: The Music of Jule Styne, recorded for PBS’ Nice Performances sequence in 1987, gained excellent achievement in music route, although the honour simply went to the present’s music administrators.
Styne died in 1994 at age 88.
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Frank Loesser
Loesser gained an Oscar in 1950 for writing “Child, It’s Chilly Exterior” from Neptune’s Daughter. For many years, the tune was seen as a lighthearted depiction of the sport of seduction. Within the #MeToo period, it has develop into extra controversial.
He gained Tonys for Guys and Dolls in 1951 and How one can Achieve Enterprise With out Actually Attempting in 1962. He additionally gained a Grammy in 1962 for the forged album to How one can Succeed, which spawned such memorable songs as “Brotherhood of Man” and “I Imagine in You.”
Loesser died in 1969 at age 59.
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Henry Fonda
Fonda gained a Tony in 1948 for Mister Roberts, an Oscar in 1982 for On Golden Pond and a Grammy in 1977 for greatest spoken phrase recording for Nice American Paperwork, which he recorded in tandem with three different legends – Helen Hayes, Orson Welles and James Earl Jones.
Fonda was too ailing to attend the 1982 Oscars, however his daughter Jane Fonda accepted his award for him. He died lower than 5 months later.
As well as, Fonda acquired a particular Tony Award in 1979 and an Honorary Oscar in 1980. The latter award was inscribed, “To Henry Fonda, the consummate actor, in recognition of his sensible accomplishments and enduring contribution to the artwork of movement photos.”
Henry Fonda got here nearer to successful a Primetime Emmy than any of those different stars who simply wanted an Emmy to develop into EGOTs. Fonda was nominated for Primetime Emmys in performing classes thrice, for The Pink Pony Bell System Household Theater (1973), IBM Presents Clarence Darrow (1975) and Gideon’s Trumpet Hallmark Corridor of Fame (1980).
Fonda died in 1982 at age 77.