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Longtime Cleveland writer Michael Heaton, known to many as the 鈥淢inister of Culture,鈥� died this weekend at the age of 66.  Condolences and remembrances began filling social media feeds yesterday. 

Heaton wrote his weekly 鈥淢inister鈥� column in the Plain Dealer鈥檚 Friday Magazine for three decades, his last in 2018 when he left the paper. 

He offered his unique spin on life as he, and we knew it. Or, as he put it, he wrote 鈥渆ntertainingly about entertainment.鈥� He also reviewed movies, albums and rock concerts during his stint there, and wrote penetrating profiles in the paper鈥檚 former Sunday Magazine, including one on an up-and-coming young local chef -- Michael Symon.

He was dispatched on the night of 9-11 to New York City, where he鈥檇 once worked as a freelancer for People Magazine, and reported on efforts to feed first responders at Ground Zero after the towers were felled.

His father, Chuck Heaton, was a legend in Cleveland media, too, as the longtime Cleveland Browns beat writer for The Plain Dealer. And his sister, Patricia, is the actress best known for her roles in 鈥淓verybody Loves Raymond鈥� and 鈥淭he Middle.鈥� He co-authored her book, 鈥淢otherhood and Hollywood.鈥�

 Heaton also published collections of his columns, the most recent being 鈥淭ruth and Justice for Fun and Profit." He talked with former 鈥淪ound of Applause鈥� host Dee Perry in July of 2016 about that book.

- Michael Heaton, Journalist and Author, and 鈥淢inister of Culture鈥�

- Dee Perry, Former Host of 鈥淪ound of Applause鈥�, WCPN