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'''Rod Dyer''' (born in [[South Africa]]) is an American graphic artist,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.roddyer.com/|title=Rod Dyer Design|website=www.roddyer.com|access-date=2016-07-21}}</ref> illustrator, photographer and restaurateur. <ref>[http://laist.com/2009/03/20/seven_questions_with_rod_dyer.php Seven questions with Rod Dyer] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171105230748/http://laist.com/2009/03/20/seven_questions_with_rod_dyer.php |date=2017-11-05 }}</ref>
==Career==
Dyer has been described as a "prominent graphic designer who created many of the album covers for [[Capitol Records]] in the 1960s."<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-06-28-me-4939-story.html|title=Security Guard Charged in Murder, Rape, Kidnap of Brentwood Student|first1=CAROL|last1=McGRAW|first2=LOIS|last2=TIMNICK|date=28 June 1988|publisher=|via=LA Times}}</ref>  Logos and symbols to his credit include [[Disney Channel]], [[Entertainment Tonight]], [[Paramount Pictures]], [[Big Ticket Television]], [[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]], [[Cinergi Pictures]], Heaven, MCA, Gramercy Pictures, Surround Sound, and graphics for Guess Jeans.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/113340736|title=ROD DYER Interview Footage|date=1 December 2014|publisher=|via=Vimeo}}</ref>
In 1965, Dyer was nominated for a [[Grammy Award|Grammy award]] for the cover art of the album [[Stan Kenton Conducts the Los Angeles Neophonic Orchestra|Stan Kenton Conducts The Los Angeles Neophonic Orchestra]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/rod-dyer|title=Rod Dyer|date=2019-02-15|website=GRAMMY.com|language=en|access-date=2019-06-03}}</ref>
==Death of daughter==
In 1988, his 18-year-old daughter Teak Dyer was kidnapped, robbed, raped, and murdered.<ref name="auto"/>
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