Ennio Morricone dies aged 91
Ennio Morricone dies aged 91

Ennio Morricone, the Italian composer has died aged 91. According to the composer’s lawyer, Giorgio Assumma, “Morricone died during the night in a clinic in Rome.”

He was the composer of the popular movies such as The Thing (directed by John Carpenter), Cinema Paradiso (Giuseppe Tornatore), The Battle of Algiers (Gillo Pontecorvo), Days of Heaven (Terrence Malick), The Untouchables (Brian de Palma) and the La Cage aux Folles trilogy (Édouard Molinaro).