Henri Verdun
Henri Verdun( 1895–1977) was a French composer of film scores.
Bert Grund
Bert Grund( 1920–1992) was a German composer of film scores.
Tarcisio Fusco
Tarcisio Fusco was an Italian composer of film scores.
He was the brother of the composer Giovanni Fusco and the uncle of operatic soprano Cecilia Fusco.
Alonso Mudarra
Alonso Mudarra( c. 1510 – April 1, 1580) was a Spanish composer of the Renaissance, and also played the vihuela, a guitar- shaped string instrument.
He was an innovative composer of instrumental music as well as songs, and was the composer of the earliest surviving music for the guitar.
Amedeo Escobar
Amedeo Escobar( 1888–1973) was an Italian composer of film scores.
1969 (film)
1969 is a 1988 drama film written and directed by Ernest Thompson and starring Robert Downey Jr., Kiefer Sutherland, and Winona Ryder.
The original music score is composed by Michael Small.
The film deals with the Vietnam War and the resulting social tensions between those who support and oppose the war in small-town America.
Walter Ulfig
Walter Ulfig was a German composer of film scores.
Michael Small
Michael Small (May 30, 1939 – November 24, 2003) was an American film score composer best known for his scores to the thriller movies "The Parallax ViewMarathon Man", and "The Star Chamber".
Small was born in New York City but grew up in Maplewood,
N.J. His father, Jack Small, was an actor and later, the general manager of the Schubert Theater in New York City.
Small did his undergraduate work at Williams College where he was graduated with a degree in English.
He later studied for a year at Harvard University.
Unfortunately relatively few of his scores are available on compact disc.
He died at the age of 64 due to prostate cancer.
Thomas Morse
Thomas Morse( born June 30, 1968) is an American composer of film and concert music.
Abe Meyer
Abe Meyer( 1901 – 1969) was an American composer of film scores.

Question: Why did the composer of film 1969 (Film) die?
Answer: prostate cancer