Mr. Coffee
Shivah Stars
March 22, 2012
Mr. Coffee with a Mr. Coffee.(NYT)
Each week, we select the most interesting Jewish obituary. Today, it’s that of Samuel Glazer, who died last week at 89. He was one of two impresarios of Mr. Coffee, both a highly successful product by itself and responsible for the prevalence of drip coffee. In later years, he would give out Mr. Coffees as gifts. The company perhaps became most famous for its ads and spokesperson:
Marc Tracy is a staff writer at The New Republic, and was previously a staff writer at Tablet. He tweets @marcatracy.
