Could Lin-Manuel Miranda Join These 12 EGOT Winners?

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There are just 12 people that have won all four annual American entertainment awards, including the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony. The very few who have accomplished this feat have earned the "EGOT" acronym.

The Current 12

Here is the list of all 12 individuals, the year in which they completed the EGOT cycle and their net worth, according to Celebrity Net Worth:

    1. Richard Rodgers (1962) — Deceased in 1979 at the age of 77.
    2. Helen Hayes (1977) — Deceased in 1992 at the age of 92.
    3. Rita Moreno (1977) — Around $25 million.
    4. John Gielgud (1991) — Deceased in 2000 at the age of 96.
    5. Audrey Hepburn (1994) — Around $100 million.
    6. Marvin Hamlisch (1995) — Around $20 million.
    7. Jonathan Tunick (1997) — Unknown.
    8. Mel Brooks (2001) — Around $100 million.
    9. Mike Nichols (2001) — Was worth around $100 million prior to his death in 2014 at the age of 83.
    10. Whoopi Goldberg (2002) — Around $45 million.
    11. Scott Ruden (2012) — Around $100 million.
    12. Robert Lopez (2014) — Unknown.

Who Could Be Next?

According to the LA Times, Lin-Manuel Miranda, the mastermind behind "Hamilton," was nominated for an Oscar, the last piece of the missing puzzle to achieve an EGOT.

Image Credit: By Steve Jurvetson - Flickr, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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