RIP: "Handyman Negri" -- Joe Negri from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (opens in new tab)

Joe Negri was a child prodigy as a musician and was a local star in Pittsburgh when Fred Rogers hired him to star as a recurring character on his iconic children's television show. As Handyman Negri, this musician interacted with puppets in The Land of Make-Believe and operated a music shop in Fred Rogers's* fictional neighborhood.Joe Negri died on Saturday just a few days of his one hundredth birthday.You can read more about Negri's work on television in The Good Neighboor: The Life and Work...