Harry Colomby
Harry Colomby (August 20, 1929 – December 25, 2021) was an American talent manager, producer and screenwriter. While still a schoolteacher of English and social studies at a High School in New York City, he became the manager of the jazz pianist Thelonious Monk in 1955, and remained so for the next 14 years. His other clients were jazz pianist/singer Mose Allison, comedian John Byner and the actor Michael Keaton. Colomby co-scripted and produced the 1984 film Johnny Dangerously alongside Jeff Harris, Bernie Kukoff and Norman Steinberg. He died in Los Angeles, California on December 25, 2021, at the age of 92. References

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1929 births
2021 deaths
20th-century American screenwriters
People from Berlin
German emigrants to the United States
American male screenwriters
American television writers
American male television writers
American television producers
American film producers
Columbia University alumni