The acclaimed French composer Michel Legrand, who won three Oscars and five Grammys during a career spanning more than half a century, has died in Paris aged 86, his spokesperson said Saturday.
Legrand first won an Academy Award in 1969 for the song "The Windmills of Your Mind" from the film "The Thomas Crown Affair".
He would go on to win two more, for "Summer of '42" (1972) and "Yentl" (1984), along with five Grammys.
A jazz lover, he wrote more than 200 film and TV scores in a glittering career that saw him collaborate with the likes of Orson Welles, Jean Cocteau, Frank Sinatra and Edith Piaf.
Le Point Culture- Le Corps Humain (2017)
Il était une fois... notre terre- Santé, éducation (2009)
- Climat: le Grand Nord (2009)
- Les héritiers de la planète (2009)
Børne 1'eren (segment "Vera", 2001)
Il était une fois... les découvreurs
Il était une fois... la vie
(26 episodes)
Il était une fois... les Amériques
(26 episodes)
Coup de foudre - Masques de lune (1992)
Le temps de vivre, le temps d'aimer
(40 episodes)
"For me, he is immortal, through his music and his personality," fellow French composer and conductor Vladimir Cosma told AFP on hearing of Legrand's passing.
"He was such an optimistic personality, with a kind of naivety in optimism, he saw everything in rosy colours!" Cosma added.
Michel Legrand really only came to my awareness mostly with “Windmills Of The Mind”, and “Summer of ‘42”. But in the last two years, this one captured my attention.
I’d like to think Monsieur Legrand would have enjoyed moment of levity during this otherwise solemn occasion, especially when it celebrates one of his most famous songs… in a way.
Bonne nuit et que Dieu bénisse Michel Legrand….
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