Composer Kamen Dies

19 November 2003

Composer Kamen Dies

Michael Kamen, who conducted the San Francisco Symphony for Metallica's live S + M album, died yesterday (18NOV03) in Los Angeles.

The music man, who also scored the soundtracks for films like Die Hard, Lethal Weapon and X-Men, has been battling multiple sclerosis for years.

Kamen was 55.

19/11/2003 21:04

Contactmusic

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