(Credit and Caption for Photo: Iconic jazz guitarist Joe Negri performs during the guitar and bass workshop at Duquesne University Mary Pappert School of Music Saturday, July 21, 2018. (Nate Guidry, Post-Gazette)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Joe Negri, known to generations of Pittsburghers as Handyman Negri on Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, has died at the age of 99, just days before his 100th birthday, Fred Rogers Productions confirmed to KDKA-TV yesterday evening.

Negri was a pioneering broadcaster, accomplished musician and beloved Pittsburgh television personality. For more than three decades, viewers of “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood” watched him portray Handyman Negri, a friendly fixture in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.