Hector Ramirez, a cameraman identified for dwell occasions and music and comedy specials who racked up 20 Emmys and scores of different nominations in a profession spanning 44 years and 200-plus credit, has died. He was 78. His spouse, Alma, posted the information on social media final week.
“At this time I misplaced my husband, companion, buddy, hero, protector, handyman and cameraman extraordinaire,” she wrote on January 11. “So many recollections to behold within the 47 years of our marriage that my coronary heart is damaged and my world a lot smaller. He was bigger than life, a dad, grandfather, uncle, brother and cherished by so many pals. He touched so many lives. He’s deeply missed. No extra ache child, relaxation in peace and go and inform your tales to all of the angels in heaven.”
Ramirez received 4 Emmys for his work on Dancing with the Stars, on which he labored from 2006-13, and in addition received TV Academy {hardware} for American Idol, the 1994 Oscars, the 2008 Grammys and specials from Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon, Cher, Sting and Neil Diamond. He additionally received 4 Emmys for his work on David Copperfield magic specials within the Nineteen Nineties.
In all, Ramirez earned 16 Emmy noms for his camerawork on the Oscars between 1994 and 2012 — together with 14 years in a row. He landed noms for the Grammys eight occasions, together with six straight from 2007-12. For some time, he held the all-time profession document for many Emmy nominations.
Born on August 26, 1944, in Bogotá, Colombia, Ramirez moved to the US within the mid-’50s and attended the Don Martin College of Radio and Tv Arts and Sciences in Hollywood. He earned his first credit score on a CBS miniseries in 1978 and started working steadily in 1981.
Different early credit included music specials with the Seashore Boys, Debby Boone, Fleetwood Mac and Perry Como and for the US Pageant. He additionally was behind the digicam for This Is Spinal Faucet, the historic “We Are the World” recording session led by Quincy Jones, The Three Tenors in Live performance, the Eagles’ reunion particular Hell Freezes Over, a number of MTV Video Music Awards, many different awards reveals and a number of George Carlin stand-up specials.
Ramirez additionally labored on the traditional Seventies Norman Lear sitcoms All within the Household, The Jeffersons and Good Occasions. In a 2011 interview with the Tv Academy Basis, he mentioned: “Norman Lear got here down and he goes, ‘My identify is Norman Lear.’ I mentioned, ‘Sure sir, I do know.’ After which he mentioned, ‘You probably did a superb job.’ And that’s it. So I figured properly, possibly I’m coming again. And I did.”
Most just lately, Ramirez labored on the CW’s Whose Line Is It Anyway? from 2016-22.
