Burt Bacharach, the songwriter and performer who turned easy listening into high art, has died aged 94. A representative for Bacharach confirmed to the Washington Post that the singer had died at home in Los Angeles of natural causes.
Video from a televised performance in Edmonton, Canada, in 1977 shows some of Bacharach's best-loved songs
Burt Bacharach, master of pop songwriting, dies aged 94