Dwight Hemion Dies
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Dwight 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.
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Hemion and Smith became partners in the mid-'60s, based in New York City and later in London before they relocated to Los Angeles in the mid-'70s.
Hemion's marriage to Joyce Hogue Hemion ended in divorce in 1970. He married Kit Lusk in 1973. He is survived by his second wife, two children and three step-children, as well as six grandchildren.
Contributions in Hemion's name may be made to the Young Musicians Foundation, 195 S. Beverly Drive, Suite 414, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.
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