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Sager has won an Academy Award (six nominations), a Grammy (nine nominations), two Golden Globe awards (seven nominations) and a Tony award (two nominations). She was inducted into the Songwriters' Hall Of Fame in 1987 . Her first recording as a singer was the 1977 album ''Carole Bayer Sager'' which included a #1 international single, "You're Moving Out Today". The album went platinum in Japan, Australia and England. Sager received the Grammy Award for Song Of The Year in 1987 for " That's What Friends Are For " which she co-wrote with composer Burt Bacharach . The song was originally written for the 1982 film '' Night Shift '', and recorded for the movie by Rod Stewart . The song was honored for its 1986 Cover Version by Dionne Warwick , Stevie Wonder , Gladys Knight , and Elton John , which became a number one hit, raising millions of dollars for AIDS . Sager won her Oscar for Best Song in 1981 "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" from the film '' Arthur ''. She shared the award with co-writers Peter Allen , Burt Bacharach and Christopher Cross . Many of Sager's early songs were co-written with her former husband, composer Burt Bacharach . She has also collaborated with Melissa Manchester , Marvin Hamlisch , Peter Allen , Neil Sedaka , David Foster , Albert Hammond , Bette Midler , Quincy Jones , Michael McDonald , James Ingram , class="copylinks">Neil Diamond Bob Dylan, Carly Simon, Donald Fagin, Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds And [[Carole King . Sager's songs have been recorded and performed by Frank Sinatra , Dolly Parton , Barbra Streisand , Josh Groban , Charlotte Church , Neil Diamond , Christopher Cross , Ray Charles , Michael Jackson , The Doobie Brothers , Roberta Flack , Johnny Mathis , Patti LaBelle , Bob Dylan , Kenny Rogers , Rita Coolidge , Melissa Manchester , Dionne Warwick , Elton John , Gladys Knight , Stevie Wonder , Reba McEntire , Trisha Yearwood , Martina McBride , Linda Davis , Yolanda Adams , Donnie McClerkin , Céline Dion Andrea Bocelli and Whitney Houston, among many others. She graduated from New York University where she majored in English, Dramatic Arts and Speech. Sager now lives in Los Angeles, California , with her husband Robert Daly, former chairman CEO of the Los Angeles Dodgers Baseball team and a former chairman of Warner Brothers for 20 years. Currently he is Chairman (CEO) of the chariatble organization, Save The Children as well as serving as an advsior to Tom Freston and Brad Grey at Paramount. ( Viacom) She has one son from her previous marriage, Christopher Bacharach.He is 20 years old. WORK ON BROADWAY
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