FILE - Composer Vangelis Papathanassiou, right, answers a question during a press conference in Athens, June 27, 2001. Vangelis, the Greece-born electronic composer who wrote the Academy Award-winning ...

Vangelis, best known for the “Chariots of Fire’” and “Blade Runner” soundtracks, is dead. He was 79. A rep for the composer told the Guardian that he died at a hospital in France. It is unknown what ...

Greek composer Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou, better known as Vangelis, has died at 79. The “Chariots of Fire” musician reportedly died in a French hospital Wednesday, though his cause of death is ...

ATHENS, GreeceATHENS, Greece — Vangelis, the Greek electronic composer who wrote the unforgettable Academy Award-winning score for the film “Chariots of Fire” and music for dozens of other movies, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The influential artist born Evángelos Papathanassíou died late Tuesday night, a statement from Vangelis’ “private office” ...

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Athens, Greece — Vangelis, the Greek electronic composer who wrote the unforgettable Academy Award-winning score for the film “Chariots of Fire” and music for dozens of other movies, documentaries and ...

Vangelis, the electronic-music pioneer who won an Oscar for “Chariots of Fire” and composed such other landmark film scores as “Blade Runner,” died Tuesday, the Athens News Agency reported. He was 79.