Post Music Critic Takes A Final Bow
Joseph D. McLellan, the Washington Post’s music critic for nearly 30 years, died Monday of kidney failure. He was 76.
“As a critic, Mr. McLellan was known for his generosity of spirit,” the paper’s obituary says. “To highlight negativity was a bit mean, he said, because ‘you can find weakness in any human effort.'”
“To be the primary critic of a monopoly newspaper is an overwhelming role. You have to tread softly and be fully aware that your taste is not the only valid taste.
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