correspondence with Private Eye becoming popular in the United Kingdom. Adler wrote an autobiography entitled It Ain't Necessarily So in 1985, and was food critic for Harpers & Queen. He appeared on the Jack Benny radio program several times, entertaining disabled soldiers in the US during World War II. A further biography, Me and My Big Mouth appeared in 1994 but he told The Free-Reed Journal: "That's a lousy book and I don't like it; it's ghosted. ... [It] has a certain amount of factual material but the author completely missed my style and my voice. That's why I hate the book." Personal life Adler married Eileen Walser in 1938; they had two daughters and one son. They divorced in 1961. He married Sally Cline in 1969; they had one daughter. They divorced in 1977. At the time of his death, in addition to his children he also had two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. His son, Peter Adler, fronted the band Action and others in Dublin, Ireland, in the late 1960s. Adler was an atheist. His brother, Jerry Adler (1918–2010), was also a harmonica player. Adler was a close friend of Peter Stringfellow, who hosted his birthday parties at his central London club for at least the last ten years of his life. He was an outspoken critic of Ronald Reagan, primarily because of Reagan's McCarthyist activities when president of the Screen Actors Guild in the 1940s and '50s. He died of cancer in St Thomas' Hospital, London, aged 87, on 6 August 2001. He was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium, London, where his ashes remain. References External links Interview with Larry Adler, originally broadcast June 19, 1987 Larry Adler collection at the University of Wyoming – American Heritage Center American harmonica players American male composers American expatriates in England Hollywood blacklist Musicians from Baltimore People from Ridgefield, Connecticut Jewish American musicians Jewish American atheists 1914 births 2001 deaths Baltimore City College alumni Golders Green Crematorium Audio Fidelity Records artists Vaudeville performers 20th-century American composers 20th-century American male musicians