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Michael Travis. Louis Torakis (April 13, 1928 [1] - May 1, 2014) was an American costume designer. He was nominated for an Primetime Emmy Award in the category Outstanding Costumes for his work on the television program Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. [2]
May 4, 2014 · Associated Press. Michael Travis, the costume designer who created the outlandish and flamboyant outfits for Liberace ‘s stage extravaganzas, died Thursday at his home in Studio City. He was 86 ...
May 4, 2014 · Frederick M. Brown/Getty. Michael Travis, best known for designing Liberace ‘s famously extravagant costumes, died Thursday in his Studio City home. He was 86. He had been hospitalized last ...
May 4, 2014 · May 3, 2014 8:25 PM PT. Costume designer Michael Travis, who created famously over-the-top outfits for Liberace’s stage extravaganzas, died Thursday at his home in Studio City. He was 86. He was ...
Costume designer Michael Travis was born Louis Torakis to a Detroit Greek-American family in 1928. While serving in the postwar United States Army he was stationed in Paris. Upon his discharge in1949 he remained in the city to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Sorbonne on the GI Bill.
May 3, 2014 · Entertainment & Arts. Arts; Books; Stand-Up Comedy; Company Town; The Envelope (Awards) De Los
Oct 15, 2017 · Liberace, clad in one of costume designer Michael Travis' lavish outfits, performs his honky tonk piano number in the early 1980s. Travis died in Studio City at the age of 86. (Handout) Costume ...
