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- Imero Fiorentino was born on July 12, 1928 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He is known for Neil Diamond: I'm Glad You're Here with Me Tonight (1977), Tales of Tomorrow (1951) and Neil Diamond: Love at the Greek (1977). He was married to Angela Linsell and Carole Hamer. He died on October 1, 2013 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- SpousesAngela Linsell(1970 - October 1, 2013) (his death)Carole Hamer(1953 - 1963) (divorced, 1 child)
- He got rid of the lurid fluorescent lights that were a staple of early television. He used incandescent lights and shadows to downplay double chins and balding pates.
- He was hired to design the lighting for the last three Nixon-Kennedy TV debates, improving Nixon's appearance on camera. He subsequently designed the lighting for more than a dozen national political conventions, Democratic and Republican.
- Several months before graduating from high school, he found what he thought was an empty shell casing in the street. He planned to make it into a key chain, and used a soldering iron on it. It was a live round; shrapnel from the explosion blinded his right eye.
- He earned a bachelor's degree in theater at Carnegie Tech in 1950. He was hired to teach theatrical lighting at Indiana University. Before he could start the job, his father died, leaving him as the family breadwinner. In New York, he sought work creating visual displays. He applied to Macy's, Gimbels, and the TV networks, and was hired as a member of ABC's lighting crew.
- His parents were Sicilian immigrants. Young "Immie" was taken by an uncle to see every new show at Radio City Music Hall. The use of lighting and color impressed him. He read every available book on the subject. In high school, he lighted student shows, including those featuring classmate Vito Farinola, who later took the stage name Vic Damone.
- They did everything wrong - everything. To fill the shadows around Nixon's eyes, they put a light on the floor in front of him, and it washed him out. And they powdered his beard, which made it worse. [discussing the lighting in the first Nixon-Kennedy debate, in a 1970 interview with the Chicago Tribune]
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