British composer, arranger, conductor and actor Nigel James
Brooks died in his hometown of Barnstaple, Devon, England on March 1st. He was
97. Brooks was born in Barnstaple on December 24, 1926, and was a legend within
the Music & Musical Theatre industry - working with some of the industry’s
finest and more recently was announced in Her Majesty the Queen’s Birthday 2022
Honors list and was awarded the honor of the British Empire Medal (B.E.M.) for
service to the Musical Theatre and Music Industry. Brooks wrote three ballets
for Sadler's Wells (Barnstaple Fair, Seven Cameos for Combe and The Water
Babies), and an opera based on Daphne du Maurier's novel Jamaica Inn. He was
married to Jean, whose death was commemorated by his adagio for strings To My
Love. He appeared as Larkin in the 1954 British television production of ‘The
Girl of the Golden West’.
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