The conductor and composer André Previn has died at the age of 89.

Axar.az reports citing BBC.

His manager told the BBC he died at his home in New York on Thursday morning.

Previn was known for his career in Hollywood, his love of classical music and as a jazz pianist. He won four Academy Awards.

But many will remember him attempting to perform Grieg's piano concerto with Morecambe and Wise. He conducted the London Symphony Orchestra and was married five times.

The jazz singer, Betty Bennett, became his first wife; the couple quickly had two daughters and, just as swiftly, split.

A few years later, the lyricist Dory Langdon became his second wife and songwriting partner.

Together they wrote Oscar-nominated numbers for the films Pepe (1960) and Two For the Seesaw (1962).

He won Oscars for Gigi, Porgy and Bess, Irma La Douce and My Fair Lady.