Max Edward Morath was an American ragtime pianist, composer, actor, and author. He was best known for his piano playing and is referred to as “Mr. Ragtime”. He was a touring performer as well as being variously a composer, recording artist, actor, playwright, and radio and television presenter.
Max Morath’s cause of death
Max Morath, a national practitioner and proponent of ragtime music who became a public television pioneer, died Monday morning in Duluth. He was 96.
Morath was living at Aftenro Home in Duluth, having moved to the area after marrying his wife, Diane Skomars, in 1993. No further details were immediately available about Morath’s death, which was confirmed by Skomars in an email to the Duluth News Tribune.
Morath was living at Aftenro Home in Duluth, having moved to the Northland after marrying his wife, Diane Skomars, in 1993. No further details were immediately available about Morath’s death, which was confirmed by Skomars in an email to the News Tribune. “Beloved by his family, friends, and fans,” she wrote, “Max was an entertainer ‘til the end.”