John Barry’s Death – Cause and Date

The composer John Barry died at the age of 77. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Oscar winner who scored 11 “James Bond” films, as well as composing the “James Bond Theme.” He was dubbed an OBE in 1999 for his contributions.

He married Barbara Pickard in 1959, Jane Birkin in 1965, Jane Sidey in 1969, and finally, Laurie Barry on January 3, 1978. He had four children: Kate, Sian, JonPatrick and Suzy.

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Occasionally, you get a nice surprise when someone covers your song in an extraordinary way.

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Geoff Leonard knows more about me than I know myself.

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I wouldn’t know Robbie Williams if I fell over him.

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Frank Sinatra did ‘Born Free’, Tony Bennett did ‘Walkabout,’ but you have no control over who does what, really. So you just hold yourself responsible for the stuff you do, and then get filthy rich on all this stuff that other people have done.

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I never wanted to work for anybody else; I always wanted to be my own boss.