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Kent Gibson, an Emmy-winning producer and sound designer, died Oct. 23 in hospice care in Seattle after a struggle with dementia, his friend Susan Lenti told The Hollywood Reporter. He was 77.

Gibson received his Emmy in 1981 for his work as a sound designer and re-recording mixer on the PBS miniseries Cosmos, co-written and presented by astronomer Carl Sagan, and he landed another nom for his work on the 1996 TBS miniseries America’s Music: The Roots of Country.

Later, he scored a News and Documentary Emmy nomination for executive producing the 2003 A&e telefilm Cosmic Journey: The Voyager Interstellar Mission and Message as president of Cosmos Studios (he served in that role from 1998-2006).

Gibson also handled postproduction audio for Olivia Newton-John’s music video for “Let’s Get Physical” in 1982 and worked on projects involving other musical acts including Bing Crosby, John Lennon, Cat Stevens, Fleetwood Mac, Rod Stewart and Huey Lewis and the News.

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