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Der deutsche Komponist Karlheinz Stockhausen im Deutschen Pavillion auf der EXPO 70 in Osaka, Japan. Der Altmeister der Avantgarde ist tot: Der weltberuehmte Komponist Karlheinz Stockhausen ist am Mittwoch im Alter von 79 Jahren gestorben, wie das ZDF am Freitagabend unter Berufung auf den Stockhausen-Verlag berichtete. (AP Photo/fls/str) **FILE**German composer and musician Karlheinz Stockhausen performs at the German pavillon at the Expo '70 in Osaka, Japan in 1970. Stockhausen gave a concert for 130 students of a Japanese "Soai Girls College." Karlheinz Stockhausen, one of Germany's most important postwar composers, has died, German state broadcaster ZDF reported Friday Dec 7, 2007 . He was 79. Stockhausen, who gained fame through his avant-garde works in the 1960s and 70s, died on Wednesday, ZDF said. He provoked controversy in 2001 when he described the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in the United States as "the greatest work of art one can imagine." (AP Photo)