Milton Parker, 90, the longtime owner of New York City’s famous Carnegie Deli, renowned for its gargantuan pastrami, tongue and chopped liver sandwiches with corny names like “Nova on Sunday” and “Fifty Ways to Love Your Liver,” died Friday, said his daughter, Marian Levine.
His family says nothing will change at the legendary Theater District deli where Woody Allen filmed scenes for “Broadway Danny Rose.”
Over the years, the restaurant has developed a devoted following for its oversized sandwiches stuffed with 6 to 8 inches of meat, some costing upward of $20 and named after celebrities like Henny Youngman.
Parker and two partners bought the deli from its previous owners in 1976. One partner sold his share, and a second, Leo Steiner, died in 1987. Parker retired in 2002 and turned the business over to his son-in-law.
Lux Interior, 62, co-founder and lead singer of the pioneering horror-punk band the Cramps, died Wednesday in Glendale, Calif., of a heart condition, the group’s publicist said.
Interior — whose real name was Erick Lee Purkhiser — met his future wife, Kristy Wallace — who would later take the stage name Poison Ivy — in Sacramento in 1972.
The pair moved to New York and started the Cramps with Interior on lead vocals and Ivy on guitar. The group was a part of the late ’70s early punk scene centered at Manhattan clubs like CBGB, alongside acts like the Ramones and Patti Smith.
The band’s last release was the 2004 rarities collection “How to Make a Monster.” Its last performance was in November 2006.
