Joseph Edwin Longstreth ’42

Joseph died Apr. 15, 2003, of an internal hemorrhage; he was 82. At Princeton he majored in philosophy and Greek, and was active in musical and dramatic events. He left school to serve as a pilot and flight instructor in the Army Air Corps, achieving renown as a pianist while at Eagle Pass.

He graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, the Academie Nationale Dramatique in Paris, and the Conservatoria de Santa Cecilia in Rome. Afterward he settled in NYC, where he began acting, writing libretti (including Don Pedro for Lemonade Opera), and started an editing business. He wrote five children's books and edited four books by Caryl Chessman, including Cell Block 2455: Death Row.

Switching careers again, he hosted the radio/TV program, The Joe Longstreth Show, in Dayton, Ohio, leaving to become a duo-harpist under Columbia Artists Management in NYC. Performing 125 concerts annually, Longstreth & Escosa also produced five records, following which Longstreth purchased and restored historic buildings in his hometown of Richmond, Ind. In 1998 he married Peg Goldberg, an art dealer and musician, who survives him. Moving to Naples, Fla., the couple opened Longstreth & Goldberg Fine Arts and wrote reviews of classical events for the Naples Daily News.

The Class of 1942