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Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, left, singer-songwriter John Legend and author Tim Rice are now part of the elite group of EGOT winners – Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony. The three men on Sunday won outstanding special Emmy Awards for live action "Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert". The 70th Primetime Emmy Awards will be held on September 17th.(Photo: EPA-EFE)

NEW YORK – The live version of NBC's "Jesus Christ Superstar "won an Emmy Award and it made three men happier – that means star John Legend, composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyricist Tim Rice joined the elite EGOT winners.

The musical's triumph for Sunday's best special show means that legend Lloyd Webber and Rice have Emmys to accompany their Tonys, Grammys and Oscars – the four biggest awards in show business.

Writing partners Lloyd Webber and Rice have already won Tonys ("Evita" and "Sunset Boulevard"), Grammys ("Cats", "Evita") and an Oscar for "You Must Love Me" from "Evita" . 10 Grammys and in 2015 he won an Oscar for his song "Glory" from the movie "Selma". Last year, he won a Tony for the best rework of a play as a co-producer of "Jitney". In the concert version of "Jesus Christ Superstar", he won his Emmy as co-producer of the series and he is also looking for an interim Emmy later this month.

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After winning a Tony, John Legend is only a simple Emmy to join the EGOT elite club.
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Two other songwriters were also released from EGOT Sunday: Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, whose song "In the Market for a Miracle" appeared in "A Christmas Story Live!" They won an Oscar for "La La Land" and a Tony and a Grammy for "Dear Evan Hansen". But their bid for EGOT status was derailed when Emmy, for her music and her exceptional original lyrics, went to "Saturday Night Live" and their song "Come Back Barack", at the time of Home of Chance the Rapper.

Legend trio Lloyd Webber and Rice – officially the 13th, 14th and 15th members of the EGOT – join an elite group of Robert Lopez, Audrey Hepburn, Mel Brooks, Rita Moreno, Mike Nichols and Whoopi Goldberg. (Lopez, the composer "The Book of Mormon" and "Frozen", who was 38 years old when he earned the EGOT status, is still the youngest to win all four awards – the legend is 39.)

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The latest awards mark a special year for Lloyd Webber, who turned 70 this year and whose autobiography, "Unmasked," was released in the spring with a massive four-CD collection performed by Barbra Streisand, Lana. Del Rey and Madonna. It was a tribute to the Grammy Awards and Olympic Winter Games fans would have noticed Lloyd Webber's soundtracks for several skaters.

"Jesus Christ Live Superstar Live In Concert" has beaten the Grammys, Oscars and Golden Globes, as well as the benefit show "Night of Too Many Stars" on HBO.

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