The Fastest Guitar Alive
The Fastest Guitar Alive is a 1967 American musical comedy film directed by Michael D. Moore and starring singer Roy Orbison in his only starring role as an actor.
The film features Orbison performing seven original songs which appeared on his 1967 MGM record album of the same name.
His song "There Won't Be Many Coming Home" is featured in the 2015 western film "The Hateful Eight".
Roy Orbison
Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician known for his impassioned singing style, complex song structures, and dark, emotional ballads.
Many critics described his music as operatic, nicknaming him "the Caruso of Rock" and "the Big O".
While most male rock-and-roll performers in the 1950s and 1960s projected a defiant masculinity, many of Orbison's songs conveyed vulnerability.
He performed standing still, wearing black clothes to match his dyed black hair and dark sunglasses.
Orbison began singing in a rockabilly and country-and-western band in high school.
He was signed by Sam Phillips, of Sun Records, in 1956, but his greatest success came with Monument Records.
From 1960 to 1966, 22 of his singles reached the "Billboard" Top 40, and he wrote or co-wrote almost all that rose to the Top 10, including "Only the Lonely" (1960), "Running Scared" (1961), "Crying" (1961), "In Dreams" (1963), and "Oh, Pretty Woman" (1964).
Soon afterward, he was struck by a number of personal tragedies while his record sales declined.
In the 1980s, Orbison experienced a resurgence in popularity following the success of several cover versions of his songs.
In 1988, he co-founded the Traveling Wilburys, a rock supergroup, with George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, and Jeff Lynne.
Orbison died of a heart attack in December 1988 at the age of 52.
One month later, Orbison's song "
You Got It" (1989), co-written with Lynne and Petty, was released as a solo single and became his first hit to reach the U.S. Top 10 in nearly 25 years.
Orbison's honors include inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987, the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in the same year, the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1989, and the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2014.
"Rolling Stone" placed him at number 37 on their list of the "Greatest Artists of All Time" and number 13 on their list of the "100 Greatest Singers of All Time'.
In 2002, "Billboard" magazine listed Orbison at number 74 in the Top 600 recording artists.
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.
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.
Walter Ulfig
Walter Ulfig was a German composer of film scores.
Thomas Morse
Thomas Morse( born June 30, 1968) is an American composer of film and concert music.
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.
Amedeo Escobar
Amedeo Escobar( 1888–1973) was an Italian composer of film scores.
Abe Meyer
Abe Meyer( 1901 – 1969) was an American composer of film scores.

Question: What is the cause of death of composer of film The Fastest Guitar Alive?
Answer: heart attack