Joe Negri, 'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood' Handyman, Dies at 99
Joe Negri, the jazz guitarist known to generations as the kindly, music-loving handyman on 'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood,' passed away at 99 in a senior living facility, with Variety also reporting his death.
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Joe Negri, Guitar Player and Handyman on ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,’ Dies at 99
Joe Negri, the musician best known for his work as the guitar-playing handyman on “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” died May 30 in Pittsburgh. He was 99. Negri’s death was announced by his family. Negri and Fred Rogers first worked together in the early 1960s on a local Pittsburgh children’s TV show. From 1968 through 2001, Negri […]
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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 […]
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