A veteran boom operator with decades of experience in the movie industry, Nightingall is particularly well known to Star Wars fans as the “pink shorts boom guy” seen in a viral behind the scenes photo from the set of the original movie.
Very quickly, the photo became a meme and spread throughout social media, making Nightingall a viral star and even inspiring Star Wars fans to cosplay in pink shorts with a boom mic at fan conventions.
Ken Nightingall, a Star Wars legend in his own right, has sadly passed away, bringing even more terrible news to an incredibly dark time.
With a career dating back to the 1960s, Nightingall had worked as a boom operator for dozens of Hollywood projects.