Alan Menken Is the 16th EGOT (1)

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Alan Menken Is the 16th EGOT
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Alan Menken Is the 16th EGOT

• The EGOT consists of the Emmy, the Grammy, the
  Oscar and the Tony. Having achieved all four
  awards in the show business is quite an
  achievement and is popularly referred to as the
  Grand Slam.
• The first person to have collected the EGOT was
  Richard Rodgers. He achieved his EGOT in the year
  1962 when he won his first and only Emmy. He set
  the stage for the other 15 EGOT winners to sweep.
  Rodgers was followed by Helen Hayes, who also
  happens to be the very first woman to have
  collected all four. Then, in 1975, Rita Moreno
  became the third person (and the second woman) to
  make her Grand Slam. After Rita, John Gielgud
  came on fourth when he was 87 years of age,
  making him the oldest receiver of the EGOT.
  Audrey Hepburn, Marvin Hamlisch, Jonathan Tunick,
  Mel Brooks, Mike Nichols, and Whoopi Goldberg
  round out the list of the first 10 EGOT receivers.

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Alan Menkens Grand Slam

• Born in New York in 1949, Menken is a legendary
  music composer. For 35 years, his musical
  creations have been stirring the imagination of
  the audience. He has worked for Walt Disney and
  composed music for Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast
  and The Little Mermaid. He has also written
  Broadway musicals.
• He has been at the receiving end of countless
  awards for his compositions and has collected
  more Oscars than any other living person. His
  childhood was filled with music and theatre,
  which has played a significant role in shaping
  the person that he is today. His mother, Judy
  Menken was an aspiring actor and his father, and
  Norman Menken was a dentist with a knack for
  music.