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Rod Dyer (born in South Africa) is an American graphic artist,[1] illustrator, photographer and restaurateur. [2]

Career

Dyer has been described as a "prominent graphic designer who created many of the album covers for Capitol Records in the 1960s."[3] Logos and symbols to his credit include Disney Channel, Entertainment Tonight, Paramount Pictures, Big Ticket Television, Twentieth Century Fox, Heaven, MCA, Gramercy Pictures, Surround Sound, and graphics for Guess Jeans.[4]

In 1965, Dyer was nominated for a Grammy award for the cover art of the album Stan Kenton Conducts The Los Angeles Neophonic Orchestra.[5]

Death of daughter

In 1988, his 18-year-old daughter Teak Dyer was kidnapped, robbed, raped and murdered.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Rod Dyer Design". www.roddyer.com. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  2. ^ Seven questions with Rod Dyer Archived 2017-11-05 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b McGRAW, CAROL; TIMNICK, LOIS (28 June 1988). "Security Guard Charged in Murder, Rape, Kidnap of Brentwood Student" – via LA Times.
  4. ^ "ROD DYER Interview Footage". 1 December 2014 – via Vimeo.
  5. ^ "Rod Dyer". GRAMMY.com. 2019-02-15. Retrieved 2019-06-03.


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