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Nat Hentoff
American music critic, born 1925.
Born June 10th, 1925 in Boston.
Died January 7th, 2017 at 91 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
Occupations
children's writer, columnist, composer, essayist, historian, journalist, music critic, music historian, music journalist, novelist, record producer, writer
Wikipedia
I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner