Art Fein, Cable TV Host & Author, Dies at 79: ‘The Ed Sullivan of Public Access TV’

Art Fein, Cable TV Host & Author, Dies at 79: ‘The Ed Sullivan of Public Access TV’

Art Fein, a longtime fixture of the Los Angeles music scene who achieved his greatest success as the host of Art Fein’s Poker Party, a music-focused public access TV show, died on July 30. He succumbed to heart failure while recuperating from surgery for a broken hip. He was 79. Art Fein’s Poker Party, which debuted in 1984 as Lil Art’s Poker Party and ran for 24 years, drew such guests as Brian Wilson, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Love with…