Musical virtuoso Andre Previn, who mastered almost every type of genre, died Thursday at 89.
His manager gave no cause of death in making her announcement.
The Berlin-born Previn was a child prodigy, but his family fled Hitler’s Germany when he was 9 years old.
They eventually settled in Hollywood, where Previn launched his career orchestrating scores for films. His work can be heard gracing the soundtracks of such musicals as My Fair Lady, Porgy and Bess, and Gigi.
While working in Hollywood, Previn became enamored with jazz, but may be best remembered as a classical composer and conductor, serving as principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra. He also led the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Houston and Pittsburgh symphonies.
Throughout his career, Previn won four Oscars and 10 Grammys.
Previn was married five times, including to actress Mia Farrow, with whom he adopted three children.
One of them, a Korean orphan named Soon-Yi, created a scandal when she married Farrow’s then-boyfriend, film director Woody Allen.
Previn once said he would like to drive over Allen with a steamroller.
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