Nat Hentoff

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.

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.<ref>{{cite news |author=Hillel Italie |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/columnist-nat-hentoff-dies-at-91/2017/01/07/b738a1a2-d54f-11e6-9651-54a0154cf5b3_story.html?utm_term=.cacca2556c3f |title="Columnist Nat Hentoff dies at 91", "The Washington Post, January 7, 2017 |newspaper = The Washington Post|date=January 7, 2017 |access-date=January 7, 2017 |archive-date=January 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170108074952/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/columnist-nat-hentoff-dies-at-91/2017/01/07/b738a1a2-d54f-11e6-9651-54a0154cf5b3_story.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

References

Other websites
 About Nat Hentoff 
 Columns at JewishWorldReview.com

 Booknotes interview with Hentoff on Speaking Freely: A Memoir , October 19, 1997.
 Columns on abortion
 "Nat Hentoff's Last Column: The 50-Year Veteran Says Goodbye" , Village Voice'', January 6, 2009.

Category:1925 births
Category:2017 deaths
Category:American music critics
Category:Writers from Boston