Mikis Theodorakis, composer of Zorba the Greek, dies aged 96
Mikis Theodorakis, the celebrated composer best known for the music from the 1964 film Zorba the Greek, has died in Athens aged 96.
Theodorakis was in the resistance to the Nazi occupation of Greece in World War Two and later served as an MP.
He was also a leading figure opposing military rule in Greece from 1967-1974.
The BBC's Kostas Kallergis says Theodorakis expressed the will to fight against fascism and the sense of liberty Greeks felt after the fall of the military junta in 1974.
