Danny Thompson(1939-2025)

Composer
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Danny Thompson was born on 4 April 1939 in Teignmouth, Devon, England, UK. He was a composer, known for Rebecca (2020), Downsizing (2017) and Lodge 49 (2018). He was married to Sylvia. He died on 23 September 2025 in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England, UK.

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Rebecca

6.1

Soundtrack

2020

Downsizing

5.8

Soundtrack

2017

Lodge 49

7.6

TV Series

Soundtrack

Take Three Girls

7.8

TV Series

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Composer

Take Three Women
6.6
TV Series
- Composer (as Pentangle)
- 1982
The Lion Who Thought He Was People
7.9
- Composer (as Pentangle)
- 1971
Take Three Girls
7.8
TV Series
- Composer
- 1969–1971

Soundtrack

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Alternative names
- The Pentangle
Born
- April 4, 1939
- Teignmouth, Devon, England, UK
Died
- September 23, 2025
- Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Spouse
- Sylvia? - September 23, 2025 (his death, 1 child)
Children
- Danny junior

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Winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in 2007, presented to him by Peter Gabriel. At the same ceremony he won another Lifetime Achievement Award, presented to him and the other founding members of Pentangle by Sir David Attenborough.

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