Oscar-winning composer Elmer Bernstein dies at 82
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BEIJING, Aug. 20 (Xinhuanet) -- Oscar and Emmy winning film composer Elmer Bernstein died on Wednesday at the age of 82, according to China Radio International Friday.
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Artie Shaw, the clarinetist, bandleader and composer who created a rich body of American music before he quit playing in his prime and walked away from show business, died Thursday in the Southern California city of Thousand Oaks.
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Oscar Peterson, who sat atop the world of jazz piano for decades with his driving two-handed swing, technical wizardry and rapid-fire solos, died on Sunday of kidney failure, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp reported. He was 82.
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MODENA, Italy  - Legendary Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti, who brought opera to the masses with his powerful voice and jovial personality, died on Thursday of pancreatic cancer, aged 71.
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OP Nayyar, who composed music for Bollywood hits over six decades, dies of a heart attack aged 81.
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Composer Elmer Bernstein, 82, who died of undisclosed causes Aug. 18 at his home in Ojai, Calif., wrote music for more than 200 movies.
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Legendary film composer Elmer Bernstein, who created the sprawling big-sky theme for &#39;The Magnificent Seven,&#39; and childlike notes for &#39;To Kill a Mockingbird,&#39; died Wednesday in his Ojai, CA home. He was 82.
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Luciano Pavarotti, perhaps the most famous opera singer ever, died on Thursday morning, aged 71.
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Director of Bombay Dreams musical dies of lung cancer.
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Ellis Marsalis Sr., patriarch of the family of jazz greats that includes his grandsons Wynton and Branford, died over the weekend at the age of 96, a New Orleans funeral home said on Wednesday.
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Czech composer Petr Eben, whose wide variety of music has been performed around the globe, has died. He was 78.
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CALGARY, Alberta  - Oscar Peterson, who sat atop the world of jazz piano for decades with his driving two-handed swing, technical wizardry and rapid-fire solos, died on Sunday of kidney failure, CBC Television said. He was 82.
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Luciano Pavarotti, 71, who died last night of pancreatic cancer at his home in Modena, Italy, combined a lustrous lyric tenor voice with a radiant and expansive personal charm to win the largest and most diversified audience ever accorded an opera singer.
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Composer Elmer Bernstein, 82, who died of undisclosed causes Aug. 18 at his home in Ojai, Calif., wrote music for more than 200 movies. He was responsible for the gritty trumpet-and-drums jazz score to &quot;The Man With the Golden Arm&quot; ...
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Cy Coleman, composer of the Broadway musicals "Sweet Charity" and "City of Angels" as well as such pop standards as "Witchcraft" and "The Best Is Yet to Come," has died of heart failure. He was 75.
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Fred Ebb, who wrote the lyrics to  Broadway musical hits including "Cabaret" and "Chicago" and the  words to the Big Apple anthem, "New York, New York," died on  Saturday after a heart attack, his agent said.
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WASHINGTON - Il compositore Elmer Bernstein, autore delle colonne sonore di film classici come &#39;I Dieci Comandamenti&#39;, &#39;I Magnifici Sette&#39; e &#39;Il Buio oltre la Siepe&#39;, e&#39; morto questa notte a Los Angeles. Aveva 82 anni.