Entertainment News Roundup: TV producer Marty Krofft, creator of HR Pufnstuf, dies at 86; Jon Batiste says documentary became a 'symphony of life'

"Imagine you're on stage at the Grammys and you're thinking about what's going on back home," Batiste said of the night in 2022 when he won five trophies including best album. TV producer Marty Krofft, creator of HR Pufnstuf, dies at 86 Marty Krofft, who created popular children's television shows such as HR Pufnstuf and The Bugaloos, has died of kidney failure at the age of 86, his publicist Harlan Boll said on Saturday.

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Jon Batiste says documentary became a 'symphony of life'

He planned to make a film about composing his first symphony but in late 2021, award-winning musician Jon Batiste was nominated for 11 Grammy awards and his partner's long-dormant cancer returned, so the movie became more a "symphony of life". "Imagine you're on stage at the Grammys and you're thinking about what's going on back home," Batiste said of the night in 2022 when he won five trophies including best album.

TV producer Marty Krofft, creator of HR Pufnstuf, dies at 86

Marty Krofft, who created popular children's television shows such as HR Pufnstuf and The Bugaloos, has died of kidney failure at the age of 86, his publicist Harlan Boll said on Saturday. Referred to as the "King of Saturday Mornings," Krofft rose to prominence for his work on The Banana Splits Adventure Hour before starting Sid and Marty Pictures with his brother Sid Krofft in 1969.