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John Barry, Oscar-winning composer, dies

John Barry, the five-time Oscar-winning composer who scored a dozen James Bond films, died at his Long Island home Sunday at age 77.

A native Yorkshireman, he lived since 1980 in Oyster Bay, in a memento-filled home overlooking Long Island Sound. According to Variety, Barry died there of a heart attack.

Though best known for his Bond films, Barry - who was awarded the Order of the British...

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