Two New Yorkers passed away last week who were the kinds of people who give this city its spirit.
Paul Auster was the author of experimental but sentimental novels like The New York Trilogy and City of Glass. He also wrote the delightful 1995 Brooklyn-based movie Smoke, about the intersecting lives of New Yorkers who frequent a local cigar store. I remember watching this movie in theaters just before going off to college and it was like taking a little bit of the city with me in my heart.
Another recent loss is the radio DJ Tony Pigg who bounced around the NYC dial for decades. He DJ'd at my old station WPLJ as well as WNEW and K-ROCK. He also had a great gig as the announcer for LIVE with Regis Philben for 30 years.
Both great New Yorkers who made our city a little better. RIP.
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