The "E" in EGOT
Although she already completed her EGOT in 2002, she later won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host for The View
Whoopi Goldberg
Before appearing in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, this large, flightless bird endemic to the island of Mauritius was last confirmed seen in 1662
Dodo
This EGOT holder received an Honorary Award from the Academy in 2023, but had already won his first Oscar in 1969 when his film The Producers won Best Original Screenplay
Mel Brooks
He was the first African American head coach to win a Super Bowl
Tony Dungee
This singer, actor, and talk show host added an "E" to her EGOT in 2021 when she won a Daytime Emmy Award for serving as an executive producer on the interactive VR animated film Baba Yaga
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Jennifer Hudson
This Breakfast at Tiffany's actress born in Belgium won the "E" in her EGOT posthumously in 1993
Audrey Hepburn
The first recognized mammal extinction driven directly by human-induced climate change was a small Australian rodent native to this, the world's largest reef system
The Great Barrier Reef
Audrey Hepburn won her Oscar in 1954 when she won Best Actress for playing opposite Gregory Peck in this classic rom-com
Roman Holiday
He served as leader of the Labour Party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007
Tony Blair
This record producer is known for recording some of T. Rex, David Bowie, Badfinger, and Thin Lizzy's most successful albums in the late 1960's and 1970's
Tony Visconti
This husband to Diane Sawyer won a second emmy in 2004 for his miniseries Angels in America
Mike Nichols
The Western Black species of this sub-Saharan animal was declared extinct in 2011 due to being poached for its ivory
Rhino(ceros)
He was nominated for a Best Director Oscar 4 times, starting in 1966 with Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and ending in 1988 with Working Girl, but only won once for a 1967 film
Mike Nichols
This crime boss is the head of the Springfield Mafia on The Simpsons
Fat Tony
She made history in 2015 by becoming the first Black woman to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for the ABC legal drama How to Get Away with Murder, though she would not complete her EGOT until 2023
Viola Davis
The most recent animal species to be declared extinct was the ʻŌʻū bird of the honeycreeper family that lived in this 50th U.S. state
Hawai'i
EGOT winner Elton John won his first Oscar for this song he wrote and performed for Disney's The Lion King soundtrack
"Can You Feel the Love Tonight?"
This Croatian NBA player who went to the finals 3 times with the Bulls and once with the 76ers spells "Tony" a little differently
Toni Kukoč
Though known primarily for cinema, this EGOT holder has 12 Emmys to go with his 35 Oscars, including ones he earned as producer on A Pinky and the Brain Christmas (1995) and Band of Brothers (2001)
The Xerces blue of San Francisco is believed to be the first American species of this winged insect to become extinct due to loss of habitat caused by urban development
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Butterfly
Despite being nominated by the Academy for her roles playing Harriet Tubman and Elphaba (The Wicked Witch of the West), an Oscar remains the only thing missing from her potential EGOT
Cynthia Erivo
This A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum composer and lyricist has won the most Tony Awards for composing with 8
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Stephen Sondheim
These two men and long time composer/lyricist collaberation duo both completed their EGOTS in 2018 with the televised special, Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert
Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice
This large, entirely wingless bird from New Zealand that was overhunted to extinction by Polynesians shares its name with the first 3 letters of a 2016 Disney film
Moa
This Puerto Rican woman gained the "O" of her EGOT with a Best Supporting Actress win for her role as Anita in 1961's West Side Story
Rita Moreno
Actor Tony Todd negotiated a contract clause that paid him a $1,000 bonus for every real bee sting he received while playing the villain of this 1992 horror movie
The Candyman
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It's the largest country in the world by area that begins with the letter "M"