DIED:

Tuesday February 24, 1998 12:00 AM EST

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Oscar-winning movie composer Ernest Gold, 77, who won for his theme from 1960's "Exodus" and who also wrote the carousel music-inspired score for 1963's "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World," among other soundtracks, Wednesday, of complications from a stroke ... Artist and illustrator James D. Johnson, 78, who did album covers for Frank Sinatra and promotion posters for the movie "Ben Hur," Monday, of prostate cancer. He also had a brief career as a junior tennis champion.