Updated On: 26 May, 2015 12:30 PM IST | | PTI
<p>Marty Pasetta, a veteran director of live TV extravaganzas including 17 Academy Awards shows, has died. He was 82</p>
Los Angeles: Marty Pasetta, a veteran director of live TV extravaganzas including 17 Academy Awards shows, has died. He was 82.
Marty Pasetta died last week from injuries sustained in a single-car accident in La Quinta, where he lived. According to the Riverside County coroner's office, the driver of the car in which the director was riding had left the engine on after they left the vehicle. The car struck Pasetta and another passenger. Pasetta died at the scene. The operator of the vehicle, Keith Stewart, 75, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence.