View Full Version : E. Jay Krause, who designed sets for Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In dies at 98


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04-16-2025, 06:04 PM
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/e-jay-krause-dead-emmy-winning-art-director-dies-1236189898/

"Over this three-decade career, Krause designed sets for more than 180 productions, work on TV specials featuring such iconic performers as Bob Hope, Diana Ross, Mitzi Gaynor, Shirley Temple, Bing Crosby, Jerry Lewis, Esther Williams, Milton Berle, Danny Thomas, the Jacksons, Don Knotts, Wayne Newton, Carol Channing, Pat Boone and Rudolf Nureyev," Kimberly Nordyke writes in Krause's Hollywood Reporter obituary. "He also designed the original sets for The Hollywood Squares and Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In and received two Primetime Emmy Awards for best art direction — one for The Diana Ross Special and another for The Mitzi Gaynor Special." Additionally, Krause served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, taking part in the harrowing 82-day Battle of Okinawa.