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File---Picture taken May 7, 2012 shows Polish conductor ARCHIV - Der polnische composer Krzysztof Penderecki in Frankfurt, eastern Germany. (Patrick Pleul/dpa via AP)

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Polish composer, conductor Krzysztof Penderecki dies at 86
March 29, 2020 4:04 p.m.

Polish composer, conductor Krzysztof Penderecki dies at 86

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Krzysztof Penderecki, an award-winning conductor and one of the world’s most popular contemporary classical music composers whose works have featured in Hollywood films like “The Shining” and “Shutter Island,” died Sunday. He was 86.