Roy Christopher, the 10-time Emmy-winning production designer and art director known for his work on Academy Award telecasts and series including Welcome Back, Kotter, Murphy Brown, Wings and Frasier, has died.
He was 85. Christopher died Tuesday in his sleep at his home in West Hollywood, his wife of more than 50 years, Dorothy, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Christopher received Emmys for his design work for the Oscar shows in 1981, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1999, 2003, 2006 and 2008 — and was nominated 10 other times for the telecast — and also won trophies for NBC's The Richard Pryor Show in 1978 and for NBC's Frasier in 2004.
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