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Mikis Theodorakis, Composer of ‘Zorba the Greek’ and ‘Serpico,’ Dies at 96
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variety.comJon Burlingame editorMikis Theodorakis, the celebrated Greek composer of “Zorba the Greek,” “Z” and “Serpico” and among the most politically active of all 20th-century composers, died Thursday at his home in Athens.
He was 96.His official website listed the cause of death as cardiopulmonary arrest. “Today we lost a part of Greece’s soul,” Greece’s cultural minister, Lina Mendoni, said on Twitter. “Mikis Theodorakis, Mikis the teacher, the intellectual, the radical, our Mikis, has gone.”Theodorakis’ colorful score for the 1964 “Zorba the Greek,” starring Anthony Quinn and Alan Bates, was an international hit (its soundtrack album reached the top 30 of Billboard’s album charts) with its infectious “Zorba’s Dance” and its bright Greek.
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