{"id":69910,"date":"2023-12-15T08:05:03","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T08:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celeband.com\/?p=69910"},"modified":"2023-12-15T08:05:03","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T08:05:03","slug":"the-crown-season-6-pays-tribute-to-shay-leonard-and-fans-want-to-know-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celeband.com\/tv-movies\/the-crown-season-6-pays-tribute-to-shay-leonard-and-fans-want-to-know-more\/","title":{"rendered":"The Crown season 6 pays tribute to Shay Leonard and fans want to know more"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jonathan Pryce praises The Crown for ‘respectful’ Dianna scenes<\/h3>\n

WARNING: This article contains spoilers from The Crown.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The Crown showed its respects in the closing credits of a season six episode, but who was Shay Leonard and what was his involvement in the drama?<\/p>\n

Netflix subscribers are saying goodbye to the royal series as the streamer released its final six episodes today, Thursday, December 14.<\/p>\n

Among the emotional scenes with Prince William (played by Ed McVey) and the Queen (Imelda Staunton) celebrating her Golden Jubilee, there was another memorable moment.<\/p>\n

In the closing credits of season six, episode six, entitled Ruritania, a title card pops up reading \u201cIn Memoriam of Shay Leonard 1970-12023\u201d.<\/p>\n

Naturally, fans are curious to know all there is about Shay Leonard and why the creators of The Crown wanted to pay tribute.<\/p>\n

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Who was Shay Leonard?\u00a0<\/h2>\n

Shay Leonard was an art director and TV and film producer who worked on projects like Sherlock Holmes, Hot Fuzz, The Ghost and Vampire Academy.<\/p>\n

The 54-year-old had worked with props for various Netflix shows including Anatomy of a Scandal as well as The Crown where he remained for three years from 2017 to 2020.<\/p>\n

Away from his work, Shay was an \u201camazing father\u201d to his son Liam and a \u201cgorgeous husband\u201d of a woman called Ekin.<\/p>\n

It isn\u2019t known exactly what happened but Shay was ill for around six months prior to his death as noted by an obituary.<\/p>\n

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The tribute said he would be \u201cgreatly missed\u201d and thanked his friends and family for their support during his time of ill health.<\/p>\n

The obituary reads: \u201cTo those who helped in any way, your contribution made our loss more bearable.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlease accept this acknowledgement as an expression of our deepest gratitude.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those who knew Shay also wrote tributes, describing him as a \u201cbeautiful person\u201d, \u201ckind, funny and caring\u201d and \u201ca wonderful human being\u201d who \u201cwill be missed by all\u201d.<\/p>\n