Carolyn Beug
Carolyn Ann Mayer-Beug (Wahlstrom; December 11, 1952 – September 11, 2001) was an American filmmaker and video producer from Santa Monica, California. She died in the September 11 attacks as a passenger of the American Airlines Flight 11.
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Carolyn Beug
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- Name
- Carolyn Beug
- Born
- 11 December 1952
- Birthplace
- Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- 11 September 2001
- Place of death
- North Tower, World Trade Center, New York City, U.S.
- Occupation
- Filmmaker and video producer
- Spouse
- John Beug
- Nationality
- United States
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Carolyn Ann Mayer-Beug (Wahlstrom; December 11, 1952 – September 11, 2001) was an American filmmaker and video producer from Santa Monica, California. She died in the September 11 attacks as a passenger of the American Airlines Flight 11.
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• Name — Carolyn Beug • Born — 11 December 1952 • Birthplace — Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, USA • Died — 11 September 2001 • Place of death — North Tower, World Trade Center, New York City, U.S. • Death Cause — Plane crash during the September 11 attacks • Parents — Mary Alice Wahlstrom (Mother) • Occupation — Filmmaker and video producer • Children — 3 • Spouse — John Beug
Career
Career
In addition to her work as video producer, Beug also directed three music videos for country singer Dwight Yoakam: "Ain't That Lonely Yet", "A Thousand Miles from Nowhere" and "Fast as You." Beug co-directed the former two videos with Yoakam and was the sole director of the latter video. She won an MTV Video Music award for the Van Halen music video of the song "Right Now", which she produced. She also served as senior vice president of Walt Disney Records.
Personal life
Personal life
Beug lived in a Tudor-style home in the North 25th Street neighborhood. She hosted an annual backyard barbecue for the Santa Monica High School cross country and track team, which her daughters captained. Beug was a Latter-day Saint.
Death and legacy
• Illustration — Beug's name is located on Panel N-1 of the National September 11 Memorial’s North Pool, with those of other passengers of Flight 11. Beug was killed at the age of 48 in the crash of American Airlines Flight 11 in the September 11 attacks. At the time of her death, Carolyn Beug was working on a children's book about Noah's Ark, which was to be told from Noah's wife's point of view. Neither the book nor its drafts were ever released. On the plane with her was her mother, Mary Alice Wahlstrom, who perished with her. The remains of Beug and her mother were never recovered from Ground Zero. Beug was survived by her twin eighteen-year-old daughters Lauren and Lindsey Mayer-Beug, her 13-year-old son, Nick, and her husband, John Beug, a senior vice president in charge of filmed production for Warner Brothers' record division. She was returning home from taking her daughters to college at the Rhode Island School of Design. At the National September 11 Memorial, Beug is memorialized at the North Pool, on Panel N-1.
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- 1.Scott Simon. John Beug 'Carries On' After Attacks Claimed Family. NPR. September 9, 2006.
- 2.Lynne Heffley. At Disney Records It's Also an Adult World, After All. Los Angeles Times. September 26, 1995.
- 3.Armstrong, Jamie. Mormons and 9/11: Survivors, Rescuers, and Victims' Families Share Their Stories. LDS Living. November 13, 2017.
- 4.Mullahy, Brian. Utah woman who feared flying died with daughter in 9/11 attacks. KUTV. 11 September 2011.
- 5.Anderson, Mike. Utah family remembers lessons learned from 9/11 tragedy. KSL-TV. 9 September 2021.
- 6.Carolyn Mayer Beug . Memorial Guide: National 9/11 Memorial. Retrieved December 11, 2011.
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