Joel Spiro, doctor and wine collector, dies at 83
Table Hopping By Steve Barnes, senior writer on April 29, 2021 at 10:42 AM obituaryI wrote, printed on the front page of today’s newspaper, of Joel Spiro: Joel Spiro, a prominent area dermatologist who for decades was better known for his million-dollar wine cellar and taste for exquisite food and exotic cars, died Tuesday of cancer. He was 83. A bon vivant who practiced medicine until he was 81, retired from the Air Forces Reserves as a major, drove a Bentley and wore a beaver-fur coat, Spiro’s largesse with his wine was legendary, as was his generosity with his connecti...