PRESS RELEASE York Civic Trust announce the unveiling of a memorial plaque to JOHN BARRY (PRENDERGAST) Composer, Musician & Winner of 5 Academy Awards for Film Scores & Songs The unveiling will take place Tuesday 20 June 2017 12:30 PM The York Pavilion Hotel, Fulford, YO10 4PJ 1 Image of Plaque Prior to Fixing Image of John Barry (York Civic Trust) (Getty) York Civic Trust York Civic Trust is a membership organisation open to all who wish to protect and enhance York's architectural and cultural heritage, to champion good design and to advance the high place which York holds amongst the cities of the world. Founded in 1946, it has the key objectives of “Promoting Heritage—Shaping Tomorrow” at the heart of its work. Over the years the York Civic Trust has put up over a hundred information plaques to the places and people of York and continues to do so today in collaboration with its City Enhancement Fund, with the aims to preserve, restore, enrich, enhance and sustain the centre of York. For further details, contact David Fraser Chief Executive York Civic Trust
[email protected] 01904 655543 or 07860 706282 2 BIOGRAPHY by Pat Hill (York Civic Trust Historian) John Barry (real name John Barry Prendergast), born York 1933, died New York, 2011. One of the best known film music composers of the late twentieth century composing the Bond film scores and winning Academy awards for Born Free, The Lion in Winter, Out of Africa and Dances with Wolves. John was born on 3 November 1933 in Holgate Nursing Home, York, the youngest of three children of John (Jack Xavier) Prendergast, cinema proprietor, and his wife, Doris, neé Wilkinson.