DHAKA: James Horner, the Hollywood composer who wrote the score for the Oscar-winning film hit Titanic, has died in a California plane crash.

The two-time Oscar winner worked on three James Cameron films, as well as ‘A Beautiful Mind’, ‘Troy’ and ‘Apollo 13’.

Actor and director Ron Howard tweeted, ‘Brilliant Composer James Horner, friend & collaborator on 7 movies has tragically died in a plane crash. My heart aches for his loved ones’.

James Horner was 61, reports the BBC.

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