Legendary composer and Oscar-winning musician Burt Bacharach has passed away; he was 94. The artist known for such hits as “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head’ and ‘Walk on By,’ died Wednesday at home in Los Angeles of natural causes, his publicist confirms.
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Bacharach triumphed in multiple artforms. He was an eight-time Grammy winner, a prize-winning Broadway composer for “Promises, Promises” and a three-time Oscar winner. He received two Academy Awards in 1970, for the score of “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” and for the song “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head.” In 1982, he and his then-wife, lyricist Carole Bayer Sager, won Oscars for “Best That You Can Do,” the theme from “Arthur.” His other movie soundtracks included “What’s New, Pussycat?”, “Alfie” and the 1967 James Bond spoof “Casino Royale.”
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Bacharach provided the cocktail party playlist for the swinging ’60s and early ’70s with songs including “Close to You,” “Promises, Promises” and the Oscar-winning “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head.” https://t.co/LUinNh8iCZ
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