LEGENDARY TV music composer Alan Hawkshaw has died at the age of 84. Tributes poured in for the creator of the Countdown, Grange Hill and Channel 4 News theme tunes today.
The composer had produced some of the biggest theme tunes in British TV history, as well as working with the likes of David Bowie, Cliff Richard and Tom Jones.
Talent agency DNA Music Limited shared the news of his death today, confirming he died in the early hours this morning. They said in a statement: "The proud Leeds born composer, musician and performer Alan Hawkshaw has tragically left us. "He was behind such incredible theme tunes such as Grange Hill, Channel 4 News, Countdown, Dave Allen at Large, Arthur C Clarke's Mysterious World to name a few." The post went on.
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