Emmys apologizes for wrong photo during memoriam segment
The TV Academy is apologizing for using a photo of a living composer instead of the image of the late Andre Previn during an Emmy’s memoriam segment.
The segment on Sunday used a photo of 75-year-old conductor Leonard Slatkin.
The academy, FOX and Emmy producers say in a statement issued Monday that it was an “error.”
Previn, one-time music director and principal conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, died at 89 in February. Previn led the PSO from 1976-84. He was a composer, pianist and conductor whose work ventured into Hollywood, jazz and classical music. Previn won four Oscars for his orchestrations of such stylish musicals as 1964’s “My Fair Lady.”
Slatkin posted a picture on Twitter of Previn saying he “deserved better.”
The academy says all mentions on its website will feature accurate imagery of Previn.
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