Died On This Date (June 14, 1994) Henry Mancini / Oscar Winning Composer
themusicsover Enrico “Henry” Mancini
April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994
Henry Mancini was a Grammy and Academy Award winning pianist, composer and conductor who was best known for his iconic Pink Panther theme and “Moon River” from Breakfast At Tiffany’s. One of Mancini’s first gigs was as pianist and arranger for the 1946 version of the Glenn Miller Orchestra which, at the time, was being lead by Tex Beneke. By the early ’50s, Mancini was in Hollywood working for such film companies as Universal Pictures where he worked on music for some 100 films. He left about six years later and began working with film maker Blake Edwards for whom he’d score almost 30 films. Mancini also scored numerous televisions shows and recorded nearly 100 albums, making him one of the most popular musicians of the Easy Listening idiom. Mancini kept working until his death of pancreatic cancer in 1994.
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