Howard Solomon

Born 1929-Passed 2004. Howard Solomon, one time owner of the Cafe Au Go Go nightclub in Greenwich Village who became an unlikely First Amendment crusader when he was arrested with the comedian Lenny Bruce on obscenity charges in 1964. Mr. Solomon sold the Cafe au Go Go in 1969 and moved to the Coconut Grove section of Miami, Florida before retiring to California in the early 1990's. He died on June 3, 2004 at his home in Crestline, Calif. He was 75.