Karl Heinz Alfred Messerschmidt
MESSERSCHMIDT , Karl Heinz Alfred
Karl, beloved husband of Lois, father of Eric, Gary, Elise, Kurt, and
Karla, and grandfather of ten, died January 20th in Cottage Hospital
in Santa Barbara after many complications due to surgery.
Karl served with the US Marine Corps. After an honorable discharge, he
pursued the TV industry starting as camera man and eventually becoming
Technical Director for NBC. He did many TV shows such as Who's the
Boss, The Dean Martin show and many award shows. Karl had 14 Emmy
nominations and won two. He worked over 40 years for NBC and then
continued on as a free lancer.
Karl will be missed by many.
Published in the Los Angeles Times on 2/4/2007.