Tom Johnson, the minimalist composer and former Village Voice columnist who documented New York City’s downtown avant-garde music scene, has died, the New York Times reports . According to his wife, performance artist Esther Ferrer, Johnson suffered a stroke following long-term emphysema last Tuesday, December 31, at his home in Paris, France. He was 85. Thomas Floyd Johnson was born on November 18, 1939 in Greeley, Colorado. The son of two teachers, Johnson began playing piano at the age of