Emmys apologise for wrong memorium photo

They showed an image of conductor Leonard Slatkin instead of the late Andre Previn

Last updated: September 24, 2019 | 13:07

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The TV Academy is apologising for using a photo of a living composer instead of the image of the late Andre Previn during an Emmy’s memorial 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 died at 89 in February. 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.”

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