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10 Facts About Kenneth Ehrlich

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Kenneth James "Ken" Ehrlich was born on 1943 and is an American television producer and director.

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Kenneth Ehrlich has produced network television programs since 1974, when he created the PBS music series, Soundstage for Chicago public television.

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Kenneth Ehrlich moved to Los Angeles two years later, where he continued his career, which has included more than three decades of telecasting Grammy and Emmy Award ceremonies.

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Kenneth Ehrlich directed Celine Dion's New Las Vegas Show, which has just completed the first three-year leg of an extended run at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace.

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Kenneth Ehrlich has worked with Dion and husband Rene Angelil on Dion's television specials since 1995.

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Since 2010, Kenneth Ehrlich has produced annual PBS shows produced in the East Room of the White House, with a broad spectrum of artists ranging from Mick Jagger, Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin and Justin Timberlake to Mavis Staples, Ariana Grande, Gary Clark Jr.

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In 2014, on two successive nights, Kenneth Ehrlich executive produced the 56th Grammy Awards, his 34th Grammy show, and then The Beatles: The Night that Changed America, an all star celebration commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Beatles appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.

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Kenneth Ehrlich returned as executive producer for the 57th Grammy Awards in 2015, followed by Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life - A Grammy Salute Special two days later.

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Kenneth Ehrlich has been nominated for five Emmy Awards, is the recipient of one Golden Globe Award, and was presented with the Producers Guild of America Visionary Award in 2007.

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Kenneth Ehrlich was invited to the February 11,2014 White House State Dinner.