Elmer Bernstein

Dead

Born: 4/4/1922 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: 8/18/2004
Age: 82
Cause of death: cancer

Noted For: TV and film composer; The Ten Commandments (1956), The Magnificent Seven (1960), "The Big Valley" (1965), True Grit (1969), "Ellery Queen" (1975), The Three Amigos (1986), Wild Wild West (1999). Won an Academy Award for Thoroughly Modern Millie (best original score, 1968). Unrelated to conductor Leonard Bernstein.