TV director Dwight Hemion, 81
Posted: Saturday, February 2nd, 2008 4:17 pmDwight Arlington Hemion, a television director and producer best known for his musical specials who won 18 Emmy Awards and was nominated a record 47 times, died Monday at his home in Rectortown, Va. He was 81.
The cause was renal failure, his wife, Kit, said.
In television specials starring Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Mikhail Baryshnikov and many other world-class performers, Hemion and his partner, producer Gary Smith, captured popular and critical acclaim. …
Starting in the late 1960s, Hemion “defined the music spectacular”…
Other major performers Hemion worked with included Luciano Pavarotti, Neil Diamond and Bette Midler. … Read full obituary
