Jerry Tallmer, Theater Critic and Off-Broadway's Obie Awards Pioneer, Dies at 95
Jerry Tallmer, the theater critic who, in his early career at The Village Voice founded the Obie Awards, died at the age of 95 on November 9. His death was confirmed to The New York Times by his daughter, Abby Tallmer. Born on December 9, 1920 in Manhattan, Tallmer enlisted in the Army Air Forces following the attacks on Pearl Harbor. Shortly after his tour in the Caribbean and the Western Pacific, he attended Dar…