# Marni Nixon has died

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marni-nixon-has-died/760863>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 25, 2016, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marni-nixon-has-died/760863 "2016-07-25T15:53:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marni-nixon-has-died/760863/1 "2016-07-25T15:53:12Z")

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[The voice](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/26/arts/music/marni-nixon-singer-soprano-dies-86.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=mini-moth&region=top-stories-below&WT.nav=top-stories-below&_r=0) of so many musicals, dubbing for people like Audrey Hepburn, Deborah Kerr, Natalie Wood and others who had trouble carrying a tune. Truly someone who was 20 feet from stardom for much of her life.

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marni-nixon-has-died/760863/2 "2016-07-25T16:38:38Z")

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Here’s an odd fact: she was the mother of Andrew Gold, best known for “Lonely Boy” and “Thank You for Being a Friend.”

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**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marni-nixon-has-died/760863/3 "2016-07-25T17:42:18Z")

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She appeared as herself in the final episode of “The Mothers-in-Law”. Not that she killed the show off, but it was interesting to for once see and her as Marni Nixon.

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2016, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marni-nixon-has-died/760863/4 "2016-07-28T01:07:57Z")

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After a brief service she was buried under Audrey Hepburn’s headstone.

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**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2016, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marni-nixon-has-died/760863/5 "2016-07-28T04:21:39Z")

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For several years, with a break in between, I was active in local community theater. Usually sound or lighting. The one time I appeared on stage was with “An Evening With Marni Nixon”. She appeared, talked and sang, and I was the guy in black trousers and shirt who came onstage to refill her water glass.

She was a very nice [del]woman[/del] lady.

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**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2016, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marni-nixon-has-died/760863/6 "2016-07-28T06:33:29Z")

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I saw Marni Nixon play the head nun when they had a one-night only performance of the play version of the Sound of Music at the Hollywood Bowl.