E. Jay Krause, the Emmy-winning artwork director and set designer whose work has coloured the golden age of selection tv, died in Los Angeles, Calif. yesterday on the age of 98, Deadline has discovered.
Over the course of his three decade-spanning profession from the Nineteen Fifties by way of Nineteen Eighties, Krause has designed units for over 180 productions, incomes approval for his creative and chic visible fashion. He was behind the look of TV specials that includes iconic performances by the likes of Bob Hope, Diana Ross, Mitzi Gaynor, the Jacksons and Rudolf Nureyev.
His unique units for NBC‘s ’60s-era daytime recreation present The Hollywood Squares was immortalized at NBC Studios, whereas his ’70s-style psychedelic patterns emblematic of sketch comedy present Rowan & Martin’s Chuckle-In have cemented their place within the popular culture lexicon. He obtained two Primetime Emmy Awards for Excellent Artwork Path: one for Mitzi’s 2nd Particular in 1970 and one other for Diana! in 1972.
In 1983, Krause based Omega Cinema Props, which grew to turn into one of many trade’s largest unbiased prop homes, “providing a vast number of residential, institutional and industrial props together with furnishings, equipment and lights of all intervals and types,” per its web site. Alongside his spouse Doris, Krause spent greater than three a long time sourcing uncommon and distinctive set dressing from around the globe, curating a group that continues to be integral to movie and tv productions at this time.
Recognized to family and friends merely as Jay, Krause was a local Angeleno. He served with distinction within the U.S. Navy throughout World Warfare II, collaborating within the harrowing 82-day Battle of Okinawa. After his navy service, he pursued his ardour for design at Pepperdine College and started his skilled profession at NBC in 1951.
He’s survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Carson and Barry Pritchard, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
