Composer John Barry dies aged 77 [BBC]


31 January 2011
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The sad news of John Barry’s death from a heart attack has been announced this morning on the BBC website. The short article notes:

His arrangement of Monty Norman’s James Bond theme led to him composing scores for 11 films in the series, among them Goldfinger and You Only Live Twice.

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