Wearing a halo and holding an Oscar, mural of Ennio Morricone appears in Rome following death of composer

Record ID: 1561215

  • Title: Wearing a halo and holding an Oscar, mural of Ennio Morricone appears in Rome following death of composer
  • Date: 7th July 2020
  • Summary: ROME, ITALY (JULY 7, 2020) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF A MURAL DEPICTING ITALIAN COMPOSER ENNIO MORRICONE WEARING A HALO AND HOLDING AN OSCAR THAT APPEARED IN THE TRASTEVERE DISTRICT AFTER HIS DEATH AGED 91, MURAL BY STREET ARTIST HARRY GREB WOMAN WEARING MASK WALKING PAST MURAL
  • Embargoed: 21st July 2020 09:46
  • Keywords: Ennio Morricone Italian composer Morricone mural
  • Location: ROME, ITALY / HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES / VATICAN / LONDON, ENGLAND, UK
  • City: ROME, ITALY / HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES / VATICAN / LONDON, ENGLAND, UK
  • Country: Italy
  • Topics: Arts / Culture / Entertainment,Music
  • Reuters ID: LVA001CLT9LXJ
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: A mural depicting Ennio Morricone, the Oscar-winning Italian composer who died aged 91 on Monday (July 6), has appeared in the Trastevere district of Rome a day after his death.
    Morricone, whose haunting scores to Spaghetti Westerns like "A Fistful of Dollars" and "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" helped define a cinematic era, broke his femur 10 before his death at dawn in a clinic in Rome.
    The mural by street artist Harry Greb depicts Morricone wearing a shining halo and holding an Oscar, with a finger by his mouth making a "be quiet" sign.
    Morricone was born in Rome in 1928 and has worked in almost all film genres - from horror to comedy. Some of his melodies are perhaps more famous than the films he wrote them for.
    His family have already held a private funeral.
    (Production: Yara Nardi, Oriana Boselli, Emily Roe)
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