Don Sharpless (January 8, 1933 – August 2, 2017) was an American

sound engineer An audio engineer (also known as a sound engineer or recording engineer) helps to produce a recording or a live performance, balancing and adjusting sound sources using equalization, dynamics processing and audio effects, mixing, reproductio ...

. He was nominated for an

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in the category Best Sound for the film '' The Hindenburg''. Sharpless was also nominated for an Primetime Emmy Award in the category Outstanding Sound Mixing for his work on the television program '' Fame''.

Selected filmography

* '' The Hindenburg'' (1975; co-nominated with Leonard Peterson, John A. Bolger Jr. and John L. Mack)

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* 1933 births 2017 deaths American audio engineers 20th-century American engineers {{US-audio-engineer-stub