Dory Previn Dead At 86

Acclaimed film composer Dory Previn has passed away at the age of 86.

She died of natural causes in Southfield, Massachusetts on Tuesday (14Feb12).

Born Dorothy Langan in New Jersey, she married her longtime collaborator and fellow composer Andre Previn in 1959 and the couple was nominated for an Academy Award in 1960 for creating Judy Garland's Pepe score and the film's hit The Faraway Part of Town - and again two years later for penning a tune for Two for the Seesaw.

Her other credits include Valley of the Dolls, Last Tango in Paris, One, Two, Three, The Sterile Cuckoo and Two of a Kind, which earned her an Emmy Award in 1984.

In addition she wrote hits for Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Doris Day and Dionne Warwick.

Previn split from her husband in 1970 after learning of his affair withactressactivist Mia Farrow.

She wed artist Joby Baker in 1984.