Angel of the
First Degree
A few words for M.C.C.
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Honey Blonde She’s as sweet as tupelo honey She’s an angel of the first degree. She’s as sweet as tupelo honey Just like honey, baby, from the bee. — Van Morrison, 1971 |
Elmer Bernstein, Film Composer, Dies at 82
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 1:22 a.m. ET
Thursday, Aug. 19, 2004
LOS ANGELES (AP)– Elmer Bernstein, the versatile, Oscar-winning composer who scored such movie classics as “The Ten Commandments,” “The Magnificent Seven,”‘ “To Kill a Mockingbird,”‘ “The Great Escape” and “True Grit,” died Wednesday. He was 82.
Bernstein died in his sleep at his Ojai home.
That, M.C.C., is what
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