Michael Tilson Thomas, renowned conductor and composer, dies at 81
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FILE - 2019 Kennedy Center Honoree conductor Michael Tilson Thomas arrives at the State Department for the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington on Dec. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File)FILE - Audrey Hepburn, right, appears with New World Symphony's artistic advisor Michael Tilson Thomas at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia on March 19, 1990. (AP Photo/Bill Cramer, File)FILE - Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas of the San Francisco Symphony appears during an interview in New York on Dec. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)FILE - President Barack Obama presents conductor Michael Tilson Thomas the 2009 National Medal of Arts in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Feb. 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)FILE - Michael Tilson Thomas, founder and artistic director of the New World Symphony, appears during the grand opening ceremony of the New World Center on Jan. 25, 2011 in Miami Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
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FILE - 2019 Kennedy Center Honoree conductor Michael Tilson Thomas arrives at the State Department for the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington on Dec. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File)