Kaye also notably handled music supervision for multiple years of Miss America and Miss USA pageants, as well as for Lip Sync Battle. She was remembered fondly by those she'd worked with over her many years on Idol, with longtime executive producer Nigel Lythgoe sring the following thoughts with THR:

American Idol executive Robin Kaye and her husband, Thomas Deluca, were found dead in their Los Angeles home, victims of a suspected burglary gone wrong. Police, responding to an earlier burglary complaint,

Robin Kaye and her husband, Thomas Deluca, both 70, were allegedly killed following a suspected burglary at their home last week.

Robin Kaye, an American Idol boss, and her husband were fatally shot in their Encino, Los Angeles, home. Alleged murder suspect Raymond Boodarian reportedly lived just minutes away from them in a neighbourhood packed with celebrities.