{"id":539638,"date":"2023-01-16T21:28:10","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T18:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/hector-ramirez-cameraman-with-20-primetime-emmys-dies-at-78\/"},"modified":"2023-01-16T21:28:10","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T18:28:10","slug":"hector-ramirez-cameraman-with-20-primetime-emmys-dies-at-78","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hector-ramirez-cameraman-with-20-primetime-emmys-dies-at-78\/","title":{"rendered":"#Hector Ramirez, Cameraman With 20 Primetime Emmys, Dies at 78"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a34d7100d110\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a34d7100d110\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hector-ramirez-cameraman-with-20-primetime-emmys-dies-at-78\/#Hector_Ramirez_Cameraman_With_20_Primetime_Emmys_Dies_at_78\" >Hector Ramirez, Cameraman With 20 Primetime Emmys, Dies at 78<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hector_Ramirez_Cameraman_With_20_Primetime_Emmys_Dies_at_78\"><\/span>Hector Ramirez, Cameraman With 20 Primetime Emmys, Dies at 78<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Hector Ramirez, a cameraman with 20 Primetime Emmy Awards who spent more than a decade on <em>Dancing With the Stars<\/em> and worked on the Oscars and the Grammys, Elvis Presley and David Copperfield specials and Frank Sinatra, Sting and Cher concerts, has died. He was 78.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Ramirez died Wednesday in his home in Granada Hills after a battle with esophageal cancer, his wife, Alma Ramirez, told <em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    From 2005-15, Ramirez handled a Steadicam on the first 21 seasons of <em>Dancing With the Stars<\/em> \u2014 he collected five Emmys for that show and a mirror ball trophy given to him by producers \u2014 and for <em>America\u2019s Got Talent<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    The Colombian native also shot the Kennedy Center Honors, the Grammys, the Tonys, the Emmys (Primetime and Daytime), the Golden Globes, the Independent Spirit Awards, the SAG Awards, AFI Life Achievement Award specials, the MTV Video Music Awards, the Kids\u2019 Choice Awards and the People\u2019s Choice Awards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Ramirez was on the team that shared an Emmy in 2000 for the live telecast of <em>Fail Safe<\/em> for CBS that was produced by George Clooney, who also starred, and he was behind a camera for the 2001 Super Bowl halftime show that featured NSYNC, Britney Spears, Mary J. Blige and Aerosmith.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    He worked The US Festival and We Are the World concerts and shows from The Beach Boys, Fleetwood Mac, Paul Simon, Barbra Streisand, The Eagles, Garth Brooks, Elton John, Justin Timberlake and Morrissey, to name but a few. He was a cameraman on <em>This Is Spinal Tap<\/em> (1984), too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    His wife noted that he received 74 Emmy nominations, one Daytime Emmy and one Lifetime Achievement Award (in 2019) from the Society of Camera Operators in addition to his Primetime trophies. Many of his honors are displayed in a (very crowded) cabinet at home.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   size-large alignnone lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:100%; max-width:1000px;\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((1300\/1000)*100%);\">\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Hector-Ramirez-Obit-Emmy-Cabinet-Publicity-EMBED-2023.jpg?w=1000\" alt=\"Hector Ramirez's Emmy Cabinet\" srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"1300\" width=\"1000\" decoding=\"\"\/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-padding-tb-025\"><span class=\"a-font-secondary-s lrv-u-margin-r-025\">Hector Ramirez\u2019s trophy cabinet<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                                    <cite class=\"a-font-accent-uppercase-xs lrv-u-color-grey-dark\">Courtesy of Alma Ramirez<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Born in Bogota on Aug. 26, 1944, Ramirez came to the U.S. when he was 11 and lived with his family in Queens, where he went to Martin Van Buren High School.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    After a year at Glendale City College, he attended the Don Martin School of Radio and Television Arts &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science<\/a>s in Hollywood and received his first-class FCC license, which was a requisite to work at a broadcast station, landing at Spanish-language KLXA Channel 40 in 1968.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    His interest in becoming a TV cameraman was inspired by his friend Noel Newman, who was an ABC cameraman on <em>The<\/em> <em>Hollywood Palace<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    In 1973, Ramirez was hired at CBS Television City and shot such sitcoms as <em>All in the Family<\/em>, <em>The Jeffersons<\/em>, <em>Maude<\/em>, <em>Three\u2019s Company<\/em> and <em>One Day at a Time<\/em> and variety shows hosted by Carol Burnett, Sonny &amp; Cher and Tony Orlando &amp; Dawn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    He was the first <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> cameraman to film President Nixon\u2019s return to San Clemente, California, after he resigned, his wife said. He left CBS in 1981 to freelance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Ramirez also trained a lens on Lily Tomlin, George Carlin, Sammy Davis Jr., Perry Como, Bob Hope, Patti LaBelle, Neil Diamond, Chris Rock and Prince Albert and for <em>Whose Line Is It Anyway?<\/em>, <em>American Idol<\/em> and <em>So You Think You Can Dance<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    In addition to his wife \u2014 they met at CBS, where she was a production supervisor, and married in July 1975 \u2014 survivors include son Dana, granddaughter Alaya, three brothers and a sister.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n!function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\nif (f.fbq) return;\nn = f.fbq = function() {n.callMethod ? n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);};\nif (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\nn.push = n;\nn.loaded = !0;\nn.version = '2.0';\nn.queue = [];\nt = b.createElement(e);\nt.async = !0;\nt.src = v;\ns = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n}(window, document, 'script', 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '352999048212581');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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