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Andre Previn was the second husband of actress Mia Farrow.

The celebrated musician, known for his Oscar-winning film scores and long tenure as a pianist and musical conductor, was one of the most prominent figures in late 20th-century music history. He died in 2019 at age 89.

Here’s what you need to know about Andre Previn:

1. Previn Began His Career When He Was a Teenager in Beverly Hills in the 1940s

GettyPianist, conductor, and composer Andre Previn at the piano, circa 1965

Previn was born in 1929 in Berlin, Germany, but his family moved to California when he was a child. As a youth, he studied musical composition, and as a teen, he played in the California Youth Symphony,  according to Variety. By the time he was 17, the Beverly Hills High School student was working for MGM Studios as an arranger on musicals.

“They were always looking for somebody who was talented, fast and cheap, and, because I was a kid, I

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Obituary: André Previn, the maestro with a common touch

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André Previn was the one of the most talented all-round musicians of the 20th Century - an Oscar-winning film composer, a jazz virtuoso and a legendary conductor.

He became a household name who was rarely off our television sets in the 1970s, and whose fame was heightened by his marriages to a string of beautiful and talented women.

But, if André Previn got into a London taxi, there was only one thing he would be asked about. It was, of course, when "Mr Preview" attempted to perform Grieg's piano concerto with Morecambe and Wise.

Nazis and Hollywood

He was born Andreas Ludwig Priwin into a Polish-Russian-French family in Berlin. His father Jack was a successful barrister and a keen piano player who encouraged his son's precocious talent for music.

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Had he stayed in Germany, he would have become a classical musician. Identified as a prodigy at the

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Legendary Composer and Four-Time Oscar Winner André Previn Dead at 89  

Legendary composer and pianist André Previn has died.

The 10-time Grammy Award winner, who also earned four Oscars throughout his lifetime, died in his Manhattan home on Thursday, the Associated Press reports. He was 89.

Previn’s love for music started at an early age after he and his family fled Nazi Germany for the United States. He later moved to Los Angeles, where he worked as a composer and arranger at MGM and other musical units in Hollywood, the Associated Press reported.

Previn is known for his orchestrations on classic musicals like 1964’s My Fair Lady and romantic comedy in 1996.

In 1967, Previn was hired as the music director for the Houston Symphony Orchestra. His beloved opera A Streetcar Named Desire premiered the following year at the San Francisco Opera, which scored the Grand Prix du Disque.

The famed musician won his first Grammy Award in 1958 for best soundtrack album,