Theo Zwicky obituary

My friend Theo Zwicky, who has died aged 89, was Europe’s best-known collector of jazz films and photographs. His archive, Mr Jazz Photo Files, in Zurich, was consulted extensively by magazine editors and jazz writers, myself included, when it came to finding rare illustrations for their books and articles.Theo was born in Zurich, son of Elsa (nee Fuchs) and Fritz Zwicky, but, as a quite private person, never spoke of his early life. His focus in conversation or in print was always on his