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TV Director Don Mischer, Who Worked With Prince, Springsteen, Streisand & More Music Legends, Dies at 85
Don Mischer, who worked with Prince, Bruce Springsteen, Barbra Streisand and more, and who amassed 15 Primetime Emmys for his work in TV, has died.
If you watched music on TV at any point in the last 50+ years, you most likely experienced the work of Don Mischer, who directed and/or produced hundreds of hours of programming, including six Super Bowl halftime shows and variety specials headlined by such icons as Barbra Streisand and Willie Nelson. Mischer worked on five more Super Bowl halftime shows, headlined by Paul McCartney(2005), The Rolling Stones(2006), Prince(2007), Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers(2008) and Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band(2009). In January 2009, Mischer had a happier experience when he produced and directed We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial, which featured performances by Beyoncé and Bruce Springsteen.
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