(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 23, 2004 French music composer Michel Legrand leads the Camerata de Bourgogne Orchestra, in Auxerre, during the festival international de Musique et Cinema. AFP / Martin BUREAU
Paris: Prolific French composer Michel Legrand, who won three Oscars during a career spanning more than half a century, has died aged 86, his spokesperson said Saturday.
Legrand first won an Academy Award in 1969 for the song "The Windmills of Your Mind" from the film "The Thomas Crown Affair".
