Ron Hays

American visual and multimedia artist who made innovative contributions to several television programs and films. He won an Emmy for graphic design for "The Bay City Rollers Show" in 1979 and was nominated for a second for "Omni: The New Frontier." He collaborated with Leonard Bernstein on a televised presentation of "Prelude and Love" from Wagner's "Tristan and Isolde," and won numerous foundation grants and merit awards for his video and computer art. He died from complications of AIDS at 45.