Nat Hentoff: American music critic, born 1925
Nathan Irving Nat Hentoff (June 10, 1925 – January 7, 2017) was an American historian, novelist, jazz and country music critic, and syndicated columnist for United Media.
Nat Hentoff | |
|---|---|
| Born | Nathan Irving Hentoff June 10, 1925 |
| Died | January 7, 2017 (aged 91) |
| Cause of death | Natural causes |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Columnist, historian, novelist, music critic |
| Spouse(s) | Miriam Sargent (m. 1950; divorced) Trudi Bernstein (1954–1959; divorced; 2 children) Margot Goodman (1959–present; 2 children) |
Career
Hentoff was the jazz critic for The Village Voice from 1958 to 2009. Following his retirement from The Village Voice, Hentoff moved his music column to The Wall Street Journal, who published his work until his death.
Hentoff was formerly a columnist for Down Beat, JazzTimes, Legal Times, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The Progressive, Editor & Publisher and Free Inquiry. He was a staff writer for The New Yorker, and his writing has also been published in The New York Times, Jewish World Review, The Atlantic, The New Republic, Commonweal and in the Italian Enciclopedia dello Spettacolo.
Death
Hentoff died of natural causes in his Manhattan apartment on January 7, 2017, aged 91.
References
Other websites
- About Nat Hentoff Archived 2017-01-11 at the Wayback Machine
- Columns at JewishWorldReview.com
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Booknotes interview with Hentoff on Speaking Freely: A Memoir Archived 2016-04-21 at the Wayback Machine, October 19, 1997.
- Columns on abortion
- "Nat Hentoff's Last Column: The 50-Year Veteran Says Goodbye" Archived 2011-02-14 at the Wayback Machine, Village Voice, January 6, 2009.
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