E. Jay Krause, the set designer who won two Primetime Emmy Awards and created the influential looks of “The Hollywood Squares” and “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In,” died April 12 in Los Angeles. He was 98.
Over the course of his decades-spanning career from the ’50s to the ’70s, Krause designed sets for over 180 productions, working with performers like Bob Hope, the Jacksons, Diana Ross and Mitzi Gaynor. His credits ranged from “Shirley Temple’s Storybook,” “NBC Follies,” “The Bob Hope Show,” “The Hollywood Squares,” “Bob Hope’s World of Comedy,” “The Gong Show,” “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In” to
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