Composer/pianist Richard Rodney Bennett dies

By Robert Barr
Published December 28, 2012 3:05pm ET
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Composer/pianist Richard Rodney Bennett dies
FILE - In this Thursday, April 27, 2000 file photo Paul McCartney, second left, speaks with composers Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, left, Roxanna Panufnik, second right, and Judith Bingham before a benefit dinner for the Garland Appeal in New York. Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, a British composer, pianist and arranger who was nominated three times for Academy Awards, has died in New York City at age 76. His publisher Novello & Co. said in a statement Friday Dec. 28, 2012 that Bennett died on Dec. 24 following a brief illness. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin, file) | STEPHEN CHERNIN

LONDON (AP) — British composer, pianist and arranger Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, who was nominated three times for Academy Awards, has died in New York City at age 76.

His publisher Novello & Co. said in a statement Friday that Bennett died on Dec. 24 following a brief illness.

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