Jonathan Winters, 87, passed away today (4/12/2013)
Jonathan Winters had a storied relationship with San Francisco. He’s one of the pillars of the 1960s movement, moving art and culture forward from North Beach basements. His uncanny ability to morph and manifest a litany of characters, all at once, is the paragon of “peopling a stage”. The stories of his sometimes erratic behavior are legendary (and the disputes on their validity are also legendary). Jonathan Winters should be more widely know, studied, and understood as a undisputed genius. Rest in Peace, Good Sir.
![Godfrey Cambridge. Them Cotton Pickin’ Days Is Over. Recorded Live at the hungry i.
[I wonder how many comedy albums have been recorded in San Francisco.]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc2evut9T31qcxc43o1_500.jpg)
