Gary Regan
Gary "Gaz" Regan (September 18, 1951 – November 15, 2019) was a British-born bartender and a bar-writer in the U.S. He known for his book "The Joy of Mixology". Early life. Regan began tending bar in his parents' British pubs when he was 14. After training as a chef at Courtfield Catering College in Blackpool, he ran a bistro with his wife, Norma. They divorced after two years of marriage, and then he emigrated to New York in 1973. Career Life. In 1973. He started tending bar in New York City. He tended an Upper East Side  bar in Manhattan, after which he became manager of the North Star Pub at South Street Seaport. After he worked as a bartender over 20 years, he started to write about booze, bars, and bartenders for FoodArts magazine. His first book "The Bartender’s Bible" was published in 1991, with his then-wife, Mardee Haidin Regan. Later, he became a cocktail columnist for Wine Enthusiast, Food & Wine and the San Francisco Chronicle. Regan expanded into the liquor business by developing Regans’ Orange Bitters No.6, made by the Sazerac Company. Health, Life, Death. In 2003, Regan got a surgery and radiation  treatment for cancer of the tongue, so no longer able to grow a full beard, he began wearing his hair long and adopted the Lancashire nickname for Gary, “Gaz.” In 2008, he got married with his last wife, Amy Gallagher. The relationship was continued until he died. He died due to pneumonia on November 15, 2019, at a hospital, in Newburgh, N.Y.