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Popular Local Bartender, Important Jazz Scene Figure Killed By Motorist

columbusalive.com

Friends and relatives of a popular Columbus bartender are mourning his death. 79-year-old Ron Yednock died Christmas Day after being struck by a car while he was in a crosswalk on North High Street at Patterson Avenue.  Police have charged the driver, 21-year-old Suzanne Robinson, with failure to yield.  Yednock worked at Dick's Den for nearly 50 years, helping establish the bar as a premier spot for live jazz. The Yednock family does not plan to hold a funeral service.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.