In Memoriam: Jeffrey Jay Johnson

	Jeff Johnson

Jeff Johnson, rental rep for Christie Lites, passed peacefully in Las Vegas, NV on April 16 at the age of 62, after a long bout with illness.

Johnson was born in Portland Maine September 23, 1958 where he spent his first 20 years.

He is survived by his beautiful wife Robin Johnson, their two sons Mathew and Kyle, his daughter Kirby, Anthony (Son-in-law), his two grandchildren Nola and Lucca as well as his brother Wally and Sister In-law Kim.

Prior to joining Christie Lites, Johnson had a long career in lighting design for variety and music clients around the world. He started his career in lighting in 1977 and spent his first seven years touring with the Ice Capades as lighting designer and director. In 1988, Johnson moved to Los Angeles which later provided an opportunity to work with Siegfried & Roy. Eventually Johnson became the lighting director for the Siegfried & Roy Tsumura World Tour. Robin and Johnson met and fell love on that very tour. After the tour they returned to Las Vegas to open Siegfried & Roy's new show at The Mirage.

Johnson designed lighting for Cher for nearly ten years and earned two Technical Emmy nominations. He also worked on other touring projects including Pat Benatar, Laura Brannigan, REO Speedwagon, Fleetwood Mac, Diana Ross, Madonna, Gino Vanelli, and many more. He went on to designing many large special events for some of the major hotels here in Las Vegas.

In 2007, Johnson accepted a position heading up the lighting department for MGM Grand Productions where he continued to focus on corporate clients coming to the MGM Conference Center as well as dealing with all the in-house events throughout the property.

In 2010, Johnson joined Christie Lites and was part of the Christie team for over a decade. He took pride in looking after a diverse mix of clients, including music, sports and corporate events, and including one of Christie Lites' longest-running continuous tours.

Johnson had a huge range of industry colleagues and friends, and was amazing at remembering which sports team you rooted for, or what you liked to eat when he invited you over to the family house in Vegas. He also was renowned for his impressive Christmas Holidays light show which he designed every year for the family home!

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