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Joe Negri Dies: Guitar-Playing Handyman Of ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood’ Was 99

By Greg Evans

Joe Negri, a jazz guitarist best known to generations of children and their parents as the kindly, music-loving handyman of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, died Saturday, May 30, at a senior living facility outside Pittsburgh. He was 99. His death was announced by his family. Beginning in 1968 and continuing through 2001, Negri, who had been […]