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Oscar-winning composer Ennio Morricone dead at 91

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Ennio Morricone, one of the world's best-known and most prolific film composers, died in Rome on Monday at the age of 91.

"We will remember forever and with infinite gratitude the artistic genius of maestro Ennio Morricone," Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said.

Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza wrote in a tweet:"Adieu maestro, and thank you for the emotions you gave us." Born on November 10, 1928, Morricone began composing at the tender age of six, and at just 10 he enrolled in a trumpet school at prestigious Saint-Cecilia conservatory in Rome. Before winning the Oscar for best film score in 2016, the Rome-born son of a trumpeter had been nominated no fewer than five times before the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences -- embarrassed that such a talent had not been recognised sooner -- presented him with a lifetime achievement award in 2007.

 

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