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Vangelis dead aged 79 – Oscar winning composer who penned Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner scores dies

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OSCAR-winning composer Vangelis has died at the age of 79. The world-renowned musician is best known for winning the 1981 Academy Award for Best Original Score for the film “Chariots of Fire”.

He also scored Ridley’s Scott “Blade Runner" and wrote music for films including “The Bounty”. His representatives said the Greek national died in hospital in France.

Born Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou on March 29, 1943 near the city of Volos in central Greece, Vangelis started playing the piano at age 4, although he got no formal training and claimed he never learned to read notes. .css-qu9fel{border-top:1px solid #dcdddd;}.css-b9nmbi{margin-bottom:16px;border-top:1px solid.

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