Elmer Bernstein, Film Composer, Dead at 82
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LOS ANGELES - Elmer Bernstein, the versatile, Oscar-winning composer who scored such movie classics as "The Ten Commandments,""The Magnificent Seven,""To Kill a Mockingbird,""The Great Escape" and "True Grit," died Wednesday. He was 82...
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Famed American composer Elmer Bernstein passed away at his home in Ojai, Calif on Aug. 18, 2004, his publicist said on Thursday. The family said Mr.
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LOS ANGELES  - Elmer Bernstein, whose eclectic film music ranged from the rousing theme of &quot;The Magnificent Seven&quot; to the lighthearted score for &quot;Thoroughly Modern Millie,&quot; for which he won an Oscar, died Wednesday at ...
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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, has died, a  friend of the musician said on Monday. He was 82.
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Friends and colleagues pay tributes to jazz pianist and composer Oscar Peterson, who has died aged 82.
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Austrian-born jazz legend Oscar Klein, who fled when the Nazis took power and recorded with Lionel Hampton and other greats during a career that spanned four decades, has died at the age of 76, local media reported Wednesday.
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Sir Malcolm Arnold, the first British composer to win an Academy Award, died Saturday at the age of 84 after a short illness, his companion said.
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Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning opera composer Gian Carlo Menotti has died in hospital, aged 95.
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Lyricist Hy Zaret, who wrote the words for Unchained Melody, dies at the age of 99.
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Oscar Peterson, whose early talent, speedy fingers and musical genius made him one of the world's best known jazz pianists, has died. He was 82.
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Jazz clarinetist Artie Shaw, famed for classic recordings of "Begin the Beguine" and "Oh, Lady Be Good" as well as turbulent marriages to movie stars Lana Turner and Ava Gardner, died on Thursday at age 94, his manager Will Curtis said.
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Composer Cy Coleman, who wrote the musical "Sweet Charity" and whose songs included such Frank Sinatra classics as "Witchcraft," "Big Spender" and "The Best is Yet to Come," has died at the age 75, associates said on Friday.
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Artie Shaw, clarinetist and bandleader whose recording of "Begin the Beguine" epitomized the Big Band era, died at his home Thursday, orchestra manager Will Curtis said. He was 94. Shaw had been ill for some time, Curtis said, but he didn't know the specific cause of death.
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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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LOS ANGELES - Film composer Elmer Bernstein, who created a brawny, big-sky theme for "The Magnificent Seven," nerve-jangling jazz for "The Man With The Golden Arm" and heart-rending grace notes for "To Kill a Mockingbird," has died.    Bernstein, whose prolific career spanned seven decades and earned him 14 Academy Award nominations, an Oscar win and an Emmy Award, died in his sleep at his Ojai home Wednesday, said his publicist, Cathy Mouton...
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LOS ANGELES: Legendary US bandleader and jazz clarinettist Artie Shaw, the big band era&#39;s reluctant King of Swing, died today at the age of 94, the manager of his orchestra said.
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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.