<P> Back at his LA mansion, John finds Quentin (Marta Heflin), a magazine writer, swimming half - naked in his swimming - pool . She says she would do anything to get an exclusive interview with Esther . When Esther arrives soon after, she finds them in bed together . Quentin tries to interview Esther, but John tells Quentin to get out . Esther and John end up going back to their small home out west where they have been happiest . One morning, John drives to the airport to get Brian . He puts on some of Esther's songs, drives recklessly, and is killed in an accident . Afterwards, back at the LA mansion, Esther hears John's voice calling out for someone to answer the phone . But she discovers it's just a tape of the old song writing session during which the phone had interrupted his singing . </P> <P> At Esther's next concert, the audience raises candles as tribute to her lost husband . She sings one of John's songs but begins it as a ballad and ends it as a rock song . </P> <Ul> <Li> Barbra Streisand as Esther Hoffman Howard </Li> <Li> Kris Kristofferson as John Norman Howard </Li> <Li> Gary Busey as Bobbie Ritchie </Li> <Li> Paul Mazursky as Brian Wexler </Li> <Li> Joanne Linville as Freddie Lowenstein </Li> <Li> Oliver Clark as Gary Danziger </Li> <Li> Venetta Fields as One (of the Oreos) </Li> <Li> Clydie King as Two (of the Oreos) </Li> <Li> Sally Kirkland as Photographer </Li> <Li> Marta Heflin as Quentin </Li> <Li> Rita Coolidge as Herself </Li> <Li> Tony Orlando as Himself </Li> <Li> M.G. Kelly as DJ Bebe Jesus </Li> <Li> Uncle Rudy as Mo </Li> <Li> Susan Richardson as Groupie (uncredited) </Li> <Li> Robert Englund as Marty (uncredited) </Li> <Li> Maidie Norman as Justice of the Peace (uncredited) </Li> <Li> Martin Erlichman as Manager (uncredited) </Li> </Ul> <Li> Barbra Streisand as Esther Hoffman Howard </Li>

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