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Leo Chaloukian Dies: Emmy- & Oscar-Winning Sound Designer, Ex-Television Academy Chair Was 97


Leo Chaloukian, multiple Emmy and Oscar-winning sound designer, sound executive and former chair of the Television Academy, has died.

The company also contributed to the recording, rerecording and mixing for Love Story, The Godfather, Chinatown, Saturday Night Fever and the first Star Trek movies as well as work on Raiders of the Lost Ark, Tootsie and The Killing Fields. He served multiple terms on its Board of Governors, representing the Sound Peer Group and lending expertise in other leadership positions. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Television Academy Foundation and its programs in Chaloukian’s memory.

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