Francis Lai is dead. The French Newspapers L’observateur and Le Parisien report. The Frenchman was, among other things, through his music for the movie classic “Love Story” is famous. For the world-famous title melody, he received, in 1970, the Oscar for best film music.
He also wrote the Soundtrack from “a man and a woman” Asyabahis from 1966, and then worked with Director Claude Lelouch for numerous other films, including “live the life”, “The kidnappers send their regards” and “The lion”.
in addition, Lai has written over 600 songs for renowned artists including Mireille Mathieu, Edith Piaf and Yves Montand. Lai also composed the music for the second season of the German TV series “The dream ship”. Francis Lai was 86 years old.
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