Alf Clausen, May 31 -- winning composer whose music provided essential accompaniment for the animated antics of "The Simpsons" for 27 years, has died.

His daughter Kaarin Clausen said that Alf Clausen died Thursday at his home in Los Angeles after struggling with Parkinson's disease for about a decade. He was 84, according to an AP report.

Clausen, who also scored TV series including "Moonlighting" and "Alf" ("no relation," he used to joke) was nominated for 30 Emmy Awards, 21 of them for "The Simpsons," winning twice.

Al Jean, an early "Simpsons" writer who was one of the key creative figures on the show in the 1990s, said in a post on X Friday that "Clausen was an incredibly talented man who did so much for The Simpsons."

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