Henry Mancini
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Enrico Nicola "Henry" Mancini (April 16, 1924 - June 14, 1994) was an American composer, conductor and arranger.
Mancini was born in Little Italy, Cleveland and raised in West Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. He served in the United States Army from 1943-1945.
Mancini's best known works include: The Pink Panther Theme, the Peter Gunn Theme, Moon River and Days of Wine and Roses. He won Grammy Awards, Academy Awards and a Golden Globe Award.
Mancini died aged 70 of pancreatic cancer in Los Angeles, California.
Other websites[change | change source]
- Henry Mancini at the Internet Movie Database
- Hear Henry Mancini (music and interviews) on the Pop Chronicles (1969).
Categories:
- 1924 births
- 1994 deaths
- Academy Award winning composers
- American jazz musicians
- American people of World War II
- American pianists
- Cancer deaths in the United States
- Deaths from pancreatic cancer
- Golden Globe Award winning composers
- Grammy Award winners
- Musicians from Cleveland, Ohio
- Musicians from Pennsylvania
