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Joe Negri, Guitar Player and Handyman on β€˜Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,’ Dies at 99

12 June 2026 at 18:46
Joe Negri, the musician best known for his work as the guitar-playing handyman on β€œMister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” died May 30 in Pittsburgh. He was 99. Negri’s death was announced by his family. Negri and Fred Rogers first worked together in the early 1960s on a local Pittsburgh children’s TV show. From 1968 through 2001, Negri […]

Joe Negri Dies: Guitar-Playing Handyman Of β€˜Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood’ Was 99

12 June 2026 at 16:57
Joe Negri, a jazz guitarist best known to generations of children and their parents as the kindly, music-loving handyman of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, died Saturday, May 30, at a senior living facility outside Pittsburgh. He was 99. His death was announced by his family. Beginning in 1968 and continuing through 2001, Negri, who had been […]

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