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Emmy-award winning The Simpsons composer dies aged 84 after long battle with a rare neurological illness
The film composer passed away on Thursday at his Valley Village home in Los Angeles, his daughter Kaarin told The Hollywood Reporter .
Clausen took home the gong with lyricist Ken Keeler in 1997 and 1998 for the songs We Put The Spring In Springfield and You're Checkin' In (A Musical Tribute to the Betty Ford Center). But in court documents filed by Fox and Simpsons executives, and seen by The Hollywood Reporter in 2020, producers said Clausen was let go because he was unofficially delegating his work to others, including his son. Fox was seeking to have Clausen's suit dismissed under California's SLAPP statute which permits media companies to make staffing decisions based on protected free speech.
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