Marshall Brickman, who co-wrote hit films with Woody Allen including 'Annie Hall,' and the musical 'Jersey Boys,' has died at age 85.
Born in Rio de Janeiro and raised in Brooklyn, Brickman originally wanted to be a musician and graduated from University of Wisconsin with degrees in science and music. He was in the folk group the Tarriers, playing alongside Eric Weissberg and they scored the hit single, “Dueling Banjos.” Several of their songs from their 1963 albumHe was also a member of the Journeyman beginning in 1964 with John Phillips and Michelle Phillips, where he played banjo.
“We would work on jokes. After a couple of hours, his housekeeper would bring a plate of tuna fish sandwiches, and we’d take a break. I don’t even know what we talked about during the break,” Brickmanof Allen in 2016. “Together we wrote a lot of his early stand-up act, which he ultimately recorded. When he got a couple of specials on television, he did one for Monsanto, one for Libby’s, these one-off variety shows, we wrote those together. And then we started to write movies.”.
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