Mr. Slatkin is mostly known for his prolific career in conducting, having led the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra, among others. He remains the music director laureate for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
A spokesman for the awards show provided a statement saying, “The producers for the 71st Emmy Awards, the Television Academy and Fox sincerely apologize for this error. All in memoriam mentions on the Television Academy’s website feature accurate imagery for Mr. Previn.”
This is not the first time an awards show has mistaken a deceased honoree for a living person. At the Oscars in 2017, the in memoriam segment sought to honor Janet Patterson, an Australian costume designer. Instead, they showed a picture of an Australian film producer, Jan Chapman, who said at the time that she was “devastated by the use of my image in place of my great friend and long-time collaborator.”
Because televised in memoriam segments on award shows have limited time, there can be intense lobbying for the inclusion of some stars leading up to the shows. To avoid ignoring some deaths entirely, the Emmys created an online database several years ago that include short biographies on people who were honored in the televised segment as well as those who were not.
Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/23/arts/television/leonard-slatkin-andre-previn-emmys.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
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