Robert Crutchfield Death: How did Robert Crutchfield die?

Robert Crutchfield was a TV publicity executive who had more than four decades of experience in the industry. He died after a prolonged illness when he was 85 years old.

He started working on NBC Drama Dr. Kildare and other films including The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964), The Rounders (1965), and more.

Crutchfield signed with Fox in 1959 but lost the contract due to the studio facing severe financial issues. He also signed a two-year contract with conditions on terms on the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences publicity committee and was also the founding member of the Television Publicity Executives Committee.

In 2000, Crutchfield launched Crutchfield Entertainment. The company is a broadcast production studio that specializes in commercial voiceovers, training videos, documentaries, and audiobooks. It is located in the Palm Springs area.

Before his death, he produced and starred on a weekly podcast channel he created named As I See It, where he talks about his forty years in Hollywood.

He started his career in publicity in the ’60s when he dropped out of Lon Morris College in Jacksonville, Texas. He took a job as an office boy at MGM’s publicity department and then graduated as a publicist.