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E. Jay Krause, Emmy-Winning Set Designer Behind ‘Hollywood Squares,’ ‘Laugh-In,’ Dies at 98
E. Jay Krause, the Emmy-award winning set designer behind "Hollywood Squares" and "Laugh-In," died April 12. He was 98.
E. Jay Krause, the set designer who won two Primetime Emmy Awards and created the influential looks of “The Hollywood Squares ” and “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In,” died April 12 in Los Angeles. Over the course of his decades-spanning career from the ’50s to the ’70s, Krause designed sets for over 180 productions, working with performers like Bob Hope, the Jacksons, Diana Ross and Mitzi Gaynor. Over the years, Krause also amassed a few producing credits, including for TV specials “Danny Thomas’ the Wonderful World of Burlesque: Second Edition,” 1966’s “Alice Through the Looking Glass” with Agnes Moorehead and “Carol Channing and 101 Men.”
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