Overview

• He died on May 29, 2025 following a decade-long struggle with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy.
• Clausen’s television career began in the 1970s, scoring shows like ‘Moonlighting’—which earned him six Emmy nods—and nearly 100 episodes of ‘Alf.’
• Fox and Gracie Films dismissed him in August 2017 as a cost-saving move, later honoring him as “composer emeritus” in subsequent seasons.
• In addition to two Emmy wins for his work on ‘The Simpsons,’ he collected 21 more nominations for the series and five Annie Awards.
• A Minneapolis native raised in Jamestown, North Dakota, he earned degrees from North Dakota State University, the University of Wisconsin and Berklee College of Music.