Griekse composer Vangelis (bekend van ‘Chariots of Fire’) overleden | showbizz

musicDe Griekse composer en muzikant Vangelis is op 79-year leeftijd overleden. He was more aware of the music from the film ‘Chariots of Fire’ from 1981, because he won an Oscar.

Vangelis is actually Evangelos Odysseas Papathanasiou. The music is thought of as ‘Chariots of Fire’ as well as the music for ‘Blade Runner’, ‘The Bounty’ and ‘1492: Conquest of Paradise’.

Hij stierf al dinsdag, report Griekse media, zonder een doodsoorzaak te geven.

Vangelis vormde also some tijd a duo with Jon Anderson, onder de naam Jon & Vangelis.

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