Manny Roth
Manuel Lee "Manny" Roth was an American nightclub owner and entertainment entrepreneur. Roth owned the New York establishment Cafe Wha?
In the early 1960s, Cafe Wha? provided a stage for amateur acts such as Bob Dylan and Bill Cosby. David Lee Roth, best known as the lead vocalist for the band Van Halen, is his nephew. Some biographical information, as well as several of Manny's stories, are chronicled in Crazy From The Heat, an autobiography written by David. Manny was David's first guest on The David Lee Roth Show, a morning drive CBS Radio program which premiered January 3, 2006. He told first person accounts of meeting Jimi Hendrix, Richard Pryor, Bob Dylan, and Bill Cosby, among others. Roth was born on November 25, 1919, in New Castle, Indiana.
Manny Roth was married to Marlyse Medel. He died at his Ojai, California home on July 25, 2014 from natural causes.
