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Michael Robert Heintz

Washington, District of Columbia

1941 - 2023

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April 21, 2023
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Washington, District of Columbia

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HEINTZ MICHAEL ROBERT HEINTZ Michael Robert Heintz, 81, of Alexandria, VA passed away peacefully on April 21, 2023, in Alexandria after a long illness. Michael was born in Dayton, OH to Robert and Freda (Wildermuth) Heintz on September 2, 1941. He attended school in Dayton where he was active in...

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He was the organist at church when I was in high school, and we had the same piano teacher. She wanted me to join the Dayton Boys Music Club where he was president, but I was not sure. Finally I introduced myself, resigned to joining, and found him approachable. I remember his playing Bach on the piano at a meeting and thinking he gave the piece a pearly-sounding touch. We went to different high schools, but 60 years later I wrote him to find out what he did after leaving for college. We...

I was a next door neighbor growing up in Dayton. He was two years older. We both studied piano as children, but Michael was truly talented. I remember hearing him play often and beautifully, especially in the summer when all our doors would be open. Michael was clearly headed for a serious career in music. As I knew him, he was a dignified young man, friendly, and so committed to his music. My mother, who has passed, still had a post card he'd sent from Salzburg, during his college year there...