Breaking News: Pop musician Burt Bacharach is dead at 94

View in browser | nytimes.com   BREAKING NEWS Burt Bacharach is dead at 94. His hit pop songs, like "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head," were defined by romantic optimism. Thursday, February 9, 2023 10:48 AM ET The debonair composer, arranger, conductor, record producer and occasional singer fused aspects of late-19th-century symphonic music with modern, bubbly pop orchestration. Read the latest   ADVERTISEMENT You received this email because you signed up for NYTimes.com's Breaking News Alerts. To stop receiving Breaking News Alerts, unsubscribe. To opt out of other promotional emails from the Times, manage your email preferences. Subscribe to the Times Get the NYT app Change Your Email Privacy Policy Contact Advertise California Notice The New York Times Company, 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018