Vangelis, composer of 'Chariots Of Fire' and 'Blade Runner' scores, dies at 79


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Composer Vangelis Papathanassiou at a press conference in Athens in 2001. Vangelis, the Greece-born electronic composer who wrote the Academy Award-winning score for the film 'Chariots Of Fire' and music for dozens of other movies, documentaries and TV series, has died. He was 79. (AP Photo/Aris Messinis, File)

Vangelis, the Greek composer whose rousing electronic theme music for the Oscar-winning 1981 film Chariots Of Fire became one of the most loved movie scores, has died at the age of 79.

The law firm representing the composer said he died late on Tuesday, without giving a cause of death.

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