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Release of Original Moon River Demo

Moon River demo tape released, Fertility breakthrough, GermanWings remains returned

The original demo of the classic song Moon River - made famous in the film Breakfast at Tiffany's - has been released to the BBC by the widow of Henry Mancini, who wrote the music.

A young woman has become the first in the world to give birth to a healthy baby using ovarian tissue removed when she was a child. The remains of some of the 150 victims of the GermanWings plane crash have been flown back to Germany.

(Photo: Henry Mancini playing the piano on the BBC in 1974. BBC copyright)

25 minutes

Last on

Wed 10 Jun 201504:05GMT

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  • Wed 10 Jun 201504:05GMT