Royal Blakeman, a longtime entertainment attorney who was president of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in the 1960s, died Sunday in Delray Beach, FL. He turned 99.
NATAS reported the news but did not provide a cause of death.
Blakeman, a well-known entertainment lawyer with an early focus on theater law, was a CEO and director of the successful program maker Mark Goodson Productions. For a quarter of a century, he served as general counsel to the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, now known as the Recording Academy, which awarded him the 2003 Trustees’ Award.
He was also the seventh President of NATAS, serving from 1966 to 1968. He previously served as President of the New York Chapter from 1963 to 1965.
“Our academy has lost one of its founding generations,” NATAS President Terry O’Reilly said in a statement. “Royal Blakeman was part of the broadcasting industry when it was created. He helped shape the way different academies celebrate media excellence today and for generations to come.”
Source: Deadline
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