Harvey Pekar
October 8, 1939 – July 12, 2010
Harvey Pekar is best remembered as an underground comic book writer whose autobiographical American Splendor series inspired the critically acclaimed film of the same name. Paul Giamatti portrayed Pekar in the movie. But Pekar was also a jazz music lover and critic whose essays appeared in some of the most respected periodicals in North America and were often read on NPR radio. He primarily focused on jazz’s golden age, but also found room to highlight some of the music’s more experimental artists like Fred Frith and Joe Maneri. Harvey Pekar was 70 when he passed away on July 12, 2010. Cause of death was not immediately released.
My condolences to his family and friends