Lee Mendelson, the prolific Emmy-winning producer of more than 50 animated Peanuts TV specials, including A Charlie Brown Christmas, has died. He was 86. Mendelson died on Christmas Day in Hillsbor…
The half-hour animated special with the $96,000 budget aired originally on CBS and would become a beloved touchstone of the holiday season, yield a bestselling jazz album, and win the Emmy and Peabody awards.Christmas Time Is Here,Christmas time is hereOver the years the song became part of the holiday songbook and would be recorded by artists such as John Legend, Diana Krall, Sarah Mclachlan, David Benoit, Toni Braxton, Brian McKnight, and Steve Vai.
“It wasn’t great for us, but to have him pass on Christmas really ties into his history and legacy,” Jason Mendelson said of his father’s passing.
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