Barbra Streisand Pens Tribute to Her Close Friend, Late Author Pat Conroy

One day after her dear friend and author, Pat Conroy, passed away from pancreatic cancer, Barbra Streisand took to Instagram to pay tribute to her friend and his work. Streisand wrote:

First, I fell in love with Pat Conroy's book, The Prince of Tides, and then I fell in love with him. He was generous and kind, humble and loving…such a joy to work with. I was so honored that he entrusted his beautiful book to me. Pat's natural language was poetry…he wrote sentences that are like an incantation. He observed every nuance of human behavior and dug deep down to the truth…presenting it in all its glorious and stubborn complexity. I am so sad today. I lost a dear friend, and the world has lost a great writer. ??????

A photo posted by Barbra Streisand (@barbrastreisand) on Mar 5, 2016 at 8:06am PST

First, I fell in love with Pat Conroy's book, The Prince of Tides, and then I fell in love with him. He was generous and kind, humble and loving...such a joy to work with. I was so honored that he entrusted his beautiful book to me. Pat's natural language was poetry...he wrote sentences that are like an incantation. He observed every nuance of human behavior and dug deep down to the truth...presenting it in all its glorious and stubborn complexity. I am so sad today. I lost a dear friend, and the world has lost a great writer. ??????

A photo posted by Barbra Streisand (@barbrastreisand) on Mar 5, 2016 at 8:06am PST

Streisand both directed and starred in the film adaptation of Conroy's novel The Prince of Tides. The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards.

For more than six decades, Streisand has had one of the most successful careers in the history of show business. She is the only artist ever to receive Oscar, Tony, Emmy, Grammy, Directors Guild of America, Golden Globe, National Medal of Arts and Peabody Awards and France's Légion d'Honneur as well as the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award. She is also the first female film director to receive the Kennedy Center Honors.

With last year's release of her album "Partners," Streisand now is also the only recording artist or group to achieve No. 1 albums in each of six consecutive decades of her career.

Streisand made her Broadway debut - and received her first Tony Award nomination - in 1962 for her comedic portrayal of Miss Marmelstein in I Can Get It For You Wholesale. She was then signed to play the great comedienneFanny Brice in the Broadway production of Funny Girl. When the curtain came down at the Winter Garden Theatre on March 26, 1964, the star and the show were major hits. Her distinctly original musical-comedy performance won her a second Tony nomination. In 1970, she was honored with a special Tony Award as "Star of the Decade."

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