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Laurence Reginald Ward Johnson MBE (7 February 1927 – 16 January 2024) was an English composer and bandleader who wrote scores for dozens of film and television series, [ 1] described as "one of the most highly regarded arrangers of big-band swing and pop music" in England. [ 2] .
Jan 22, 2024 · Composer Laurie Johnson, who provided some of Britain's best loved television themes and film music, has died at the age of 96. Johnson's memorable themes include The Avengers, The Professionals,...
Jan 22, 2024 · British composer Laurie Johnson, whose theme for “The Avengers” was among the most famous of 1960s spy-show signatures, died in his sleep on Tuesday, Jan. 16, in North London, according to a...
Laurie Day Johnston. View famous kin of Laurie Day Johnston. Mother of Kristen Wiig — 2nd Generation. Ahnentafel No: 3. Father: William Carroll Johnston. Mother: Margaret Curtis Day. Birth Date: 18 Mar 1945. Birth Location: Rochester, Monroe, New York. Christening Date: 16 Jun 1948. Christening Location:
Wiig was born on August 22, 1973, in Canandaigua, New York, the daughter of Jon Arne Joseph Wiig, who ran a lake marina in Western New York, and Laurie Day (née Johnston), an artist. She has an older brother Erik. Her father has Norwegian and Irish ancestry, and her mother, English and Scottish.
Laurie Johnson, the legendary composer behind the iconic theme of "The Avengers," died at 96 on Tuesday, January 16, 2024, peacefully in sleep, as reported by family to BBC.
Laurie Johnson. Prolific British composer who has written scores for over four hundred film and television series. Very much of the old school of film composers, he studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London and his scores reflect this classical training in their complexity.
