Emmy Award-winning art director and set designer E. Jay Krause, who worked with some of the best known names in Hollywood throughout his career has died at the age of 98. The TV legend died on Saturday (April 12) in California. No cause of death has yet been released.
Over his three-decade career, he designed sets for more than 180 productions,. He worked on TV specials for a range of iconic performers such as comedian and movie legend Bob Hope, singer Diana Ross, musicals star Mitzi Gaynor, acclaimed former child star Shirley Temple, silver screen icon Bing Crosby, comedian Jerry Lewis, swimmer turned movie star Esther Williams, funny man Milton Berle, chart toppers The Jacksons, actress Carol Channing and dancer Rudolf Nureyev. He was honoured with two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Art Direction. The first for for Mitzi’s 2nd Special in 1970 and another for his work on Diana! in 1972.
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