Jonathan Philip Matson, president of the Harold Matson Co. literacy agency in New York City, died unexpectedly of heart failure on January 31. He was 67.
Matson worked at the agency for 30 years, continuing his father's work representing such authors as Richard Condon, Robert Ruark and Herman Wouk. He began his publishing career at Simon & Schuster and then worked for 15 years at Harvard University Press as manager of subsidiary rights.
A funeral service will be held at Christ the Redeemer Anglican Church, 188 Elliott St., Danvers, Mass., on Saturday, February 11, 2017 at 11 a.m. Relatives and friends are also invited to attend the reception that will follow. For more information, click here. Memorial contributions may be made to the Trustees of Reservations, Essex County Greenbelt, or to the Music Ministry of Christ the Redeemer Church.
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Music journalist, playwright and author Marc Spitz died February 4, Rolling Stone reported. He was 47. His books include Poseur: A Memoir of Downtown New York City in the '90s; Twee: The Gentle Revolution in Music, Books, Television, Fashion, and Film; We Got the Neutron Bomb: The Untold Story of L.A. Punk (co-written with Brendan Mullen); Nobody Likes You: Inside the Turbulent Life, Times & Music of Green Day; Bowie: A Biography.
"Marc Spitz was a great journalist & a generous, incisive man who would hate this part. Best person I ever got mugged with. He will be missed," author Sloane Crosley tweeted.