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NORFOLK, England, Sep 24, 2006 (UPI via COMTEX) -- Oscar winning British composer Malcolm Arnold who wrote "The Bridge on the River Kwai" score, died in a Norfolk, England, hospital after a brief illness.
Arnold, 84, who died Saturday, was suffering from a chest infection, the BBC said Sunday. He is survived by two sons and a daughter.
During his career, Arnold composed 132 film scores, including those to
"Whistle Down the Wind" and "Hobson's Choice." He won the Oscar for scoring the war epic in 1958.
He also composed seven ballets, nine symphonies and two operas.
Anthony Day, Arnold's companion and care-giver, said Arnold had frontal lobe dementia for the last several years, but "he was a happy, lovely man who enjoyed his music and enjoyed his life," the BBC said.
The Saturday premier of Arnold's interpretation of the "Three Musketeers" was dedicated to the composer.
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