Ennio Morricone, Italian composer most famous for Westerns, dead at 91


By AGENCY

Ennio Morricone, one of the world's best-known and most prolific film composers, has died in Rome, Italian media reported on July 6, 2020. Photo: AFP

Ennio Morricone, whose scores for movies such as The Good, The Bad And The Ugly, The Mission and Cinema Paradiso made him one of the world's most famous and prolific screen composers, has died, ANSA news agency said on Monday. He was 91.

ANSA said Morricone, who won two Oscars and dozens of others awards including Golden Globes, Grammys and BAFTAs, broke his femur some days ago and died during the night in a clinic in Rome.

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