Personal Life
She married record-producer Andrew Sager in 1970 and they divorced in 1978. Sager was involved in a romantic relationship with composer Marvin Hamlisch in the late 1970s. In 1982 she married composer and pianist Burt Bacharach and in December 1985 they adopted an infant son, whom they named Cristopher Elton Bacharach. Bacharach and Sager divorced in 1991. Since June 1996, Sager has been married to Robert Daly, former chairman of Warner Brothers and former chairman CEO of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team, and currently chairman of the American Film Institute as well as an advisor to Brad Grey at Paramount Pictures (Viacom). Sager and her husband live in Los Angeles and New York.
Sager and Daly co-chair the Los Angeles Advisory Board of DonorsChoose. Two years ago Sager joined the board of Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and has recently created a 3D PSA airing in theaters to raise awareness of LACMA. The Urban Lights PSA in 3D received a Telly Award on June 23, 2011, for best 3D commercial or PSA. The piece was produced by Mob scene and directed by Brian Daly. Sager was executive producer.
In May 2006 she was honored at a lunch at NYU's Steinhardt School and later that evening received the Distinguished Alumni Award from New York University. She appeared on the January 24, 2007 episode of American Idol as a judge during the Manhattan auditions. In November 2010 she was honored by the City of Hope for her songwriting career.
She is also part of the American news site Huffington Post where she uploads views on recent news stories.
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