His name may be hard to pronounce, but if you have seen either THE EXORCIST or THE SHINING, you likely have heard his music. The avant-garde Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki, one of the giants of late 20th century classical music, has passed away at the age of 86:
"I don't think of myself as a star. I didn't set out to become a star, I set out to become a singer. I would have sung no matter what. The star part is just something that they made up in Hollywood in 1930."--Linda Ronstadt