MIKLOS ROZSA; WROTE OPULENT FILM SCORES.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: New York Times

Miklos Rozsa, whose opulent scores for some of Hollywood's most lavish epics earned him three Academy Awards, died at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles on Thursday. He was 88.

He had suffered a stroke about three weeks ago and been put on life support, family members told The Associated Press.

Rozsa was known for doing meticulous research before composing for his films, which included ``The Four Feathers'' (1939), ``The Thief of Baghdad''(1940), ``Jungle Book'' (1942), ``Quo Vadis'' (1951), ``Ivanhoe'' (1952), ``Julius Caesar'' (1953), ``Ben-Hur'' (1959) and ``El Cid'' (1961).

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