Burt Bacharach dead – Music legend and Oscar winner behind classic song Walk On By dies aged 94
thesun.co.ukLEGENDARY composer and Oscar winner Burt Bacharach has died at 94. The talented musician, known for hits including Walk on By, and Do You Know the Way to San Jose passed away on Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles.
He died of natural causes, his publicist Tina Brausam said Thursday. He had a run of top 10 hits from the 1950s into the 21st century, and his music was heard everywhere from movie soundtracks and radios to home stereo systems and iPods, whether Alfie and I Say a Little Prayer or Ill Never Fall in Love Again and This Guys in Love with You.
Dionne Warwick was his favorite interpreter, but Bacharach, usually in tandem with lyricist Hal David, also created prime material for Aretha Franklin, Dusty Springfield, Tom Jones and many others.
Elvis Presley, the Beatles and Frank Sinatra were among the countless artists who covered his songs, with more recent performers who sang or sampled him including White Stripes, Twista and Ashanti.
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