The premature death at 69"though it would have been premature at any age"of Howard Kissel is a severe loss to everyone involved in the theater, interested in theater, and relative or friend of his. Whenever Howard was at a play, before the beginning or during intermission, a small crowd of chatty admirers assembled around him as they did around few other critics. Lovable as a human being, he managed to be so even as …
SOURCE: John Simon at 01:13PM on February 29, 2012