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FILE - In this Jan. 20, 1972 file picture French-born Italian singer, dancer and actress Caterina Valente, right, embraces Franco-Armenian musical composer, arranger, conductor and pianist Michel Legrand after their show at the Olympia in Paris, France. Oscar-winning composer and pianist Michel Legrand, whose hits included the score for “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg” and the song “The Windmills of Your Mind” and who left a lasting imprint on France’s musical universe, has died at age 86. (AP Photo/Michel Lipchitz, File)

Michel Legrand, Oscar-Winning Composer, Dies

by Tim Greiving The Washington PostJanuary 26, 2019

Michel Legrand, a French composer with more than 200 screen credits, notably the jazzy movie operas The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and The Young Girls of Rochefort, and whose tunefully romantic music for The Thomas Crown Affair, Summer of ’42 and Yentl…

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Shyamalan Sees No Twist End To Career

by Tim Greiving The Washington PostJanuary 17, 2019