‘American Idol’ Music Supervisor Robin Kaye and Her Husband Die in Double Homicide

Longtime American Idol music supervisor Robin Kaye and her husband, Thomas Deluca, have been killed following an apparent double homicide.

A spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department told The Hollywood Reporter on Tuesday that LAPD officers in Encino, responded to a call for a welfare check at a home on White Oak Avenue on Monday at around 2:30 p.m.

On entering the home, a couple, one male and one female, was discovered with possible gunshot wounds. Paramedics from the Los Angeles Fire Department then arrived at the residence and declared the couple dead at the scene.

The LAPD spokesman could not confirm the identity of the couple, but added that a homicide investigation is ongoing. No names of suspects or arrests in connection with the double murder investigation have yet been announced.

TMZ was the first to report that the couple was Kaye and Deluca.

Kaye, a music reality series veteran, worked in the music department as a producer at American Idol between 2002 and 2023. Her other music supervisor credits included work on Lip Sync Battle, After the Sunset, The Singing Bee and Q’Viva!: The Chosen.

She began her career on the record company and artist management side of the music industry, working for Waylon Jennings in Nashville, and then MTM Records in artist development. Kaye eventually joined the film and TV licensing department at MCA-Universal Records and then ran the music licensing division at PolyGram Records.

In 2000, Kaye launched her own company, SyncroniCity, and represented artists like Andrea Bocelli, Kenny Loggins, Lang Lang, Donnie Osmond and Steven Bishop. That eventually led her into music supervision.

Deluca was a songwriter and musician. His last album, Street Rock, was released in 2022, according to his website.