By Richard Sandomir Marvin Laird, a conductor for Broadway musicals and for performers like Bernadette Peters and the composer of the music for “Ruthless!,” the campy, award-winning Off ...

Marvin Laird, a prolific Broadway, film and TV composer, conductor and musical director who lent his talents to projects featuring such stars as Bernadette Peters, Joel Grey, Diana Ross ...

Marvin Laird, the award-winning Broadway and film composer who also conducted concerts for big stars like Diana Ross and Bernadette Peters, died Monday in Connecticut from natural causes.

‘New York, New York,' ‘Maude,’ ‘Dynasty’ and ‘The Love Boat.’ By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Marvin Laird, who composed music for Broadway and the big screen and served as Bernadette ...

Marvin Laird, a conductor for Broadway musicals and for performers such as Bernadette Peters who also composed the music for "Ruthless!," the campy, award-winning off-Broadway show about a girl ...

Marvin Laird, who composed music for Broadway and the big screen and served as Bernadette Peters’ musical director for many years, has died. He was 85. Laird died Monday of natural causes in ...