Carolyn Ann Mayer-Beug (December 11, 1952 – September 11, 2001) was a filmmaker and video producer from

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, California. She died in the

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as a passenger of the

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Career

In addition to her work as video producer, Beug also directed three music videos for country singer

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", "

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" and "

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." Beug co-directed the former two videos with Yoakam and was the sole director of the latter video. She won an

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for the

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of the song " Right Now", which she produced. She also served as senior vice president of

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Personal life

Beug lived in a

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home in the North 25th Street neighborhood. She hosted an annual backyard barbecue for the

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cross country and track team, which her daughters captained. Beug was a

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Death and legacy

Beug was killed at the age of 48 in the crash of

in the

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. At the time of her death, Carolyn Beug was working on a children's book about

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which was to be told from Noah's wife's point of view. On the plane with her was her mother, Mary Alice Wahlstrom. Beug was survived by her twin eighteen-year-old daughters Lauren and Lindsey Mayer-Beug, her 13-year-old son, Nick, and her husband, John Beug, a senior vice president in charge of filmed production for Warner Brothers' record division. She was returning home from taking her daughters to college at the

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. At the

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, Beug is memorialized at the North Pool, on Panel N-1.Carolyn Mayer Beug
. Memorial Guide:

. Retrieved December 11, 2011.

References

External links

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Van Halen News Desk article
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