http://cuttingsarchive.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Hit_composer_Ron_is_deadHit composer Ron is dead - Revision history2026-05-06T10:22:46ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.33.0http://cuttingsarchive.org/index.php?title=Hit_composer_Ron_is_dead&diff=4931&oldid=prevJohn Lavalie: Created page with "{{obit|Ron Grainer}}{{article | publication = The Sun | file = 1981-02-23 Sun.jpg | px = 450 | height = | width = | date = 1981-02-23 | author = | pages = | language = Englis..."2014-03-18T22:50:52Z<p>Created page with "{{obit|Ron Grainer}}{{article | publication = The Sun | file = 1981-02-23 Sun.jpg | px = 450 | height = | width = | date = 1981-02-23 | author = | pages = | language = Englis..."</p>
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Composer Ron Grainer, who wrote theme music for a string of hit TV programmes, has died, aged 57 of cancer. His themes included Dr Who and Steptoe and Son—both for BBC.<br />
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He also wrote theme tunes for TV's Comedy Playhouse and That Was The Week That Was and for the Paul Temple radio series.<br />
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Australian-born Ron arrived in Britain in 1952—with just £200. But a job as a rehearsal pianist for the BBC put him on the road to success.<br />
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Recent TV theme hits included Edward and Mrs Simpson and Tales of the Unexpected.<br />
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