Overview
- Friends of Rittenhouse Square reports raising more than $9,000 toward a $10,000 goal as of Tuesday afternoon for a memorial bench.
- The bench is expected to be dedicated in May at the park where Robert often read and appeared in his final Instagram post.
- Donations tied to the bench will also support the care and preservation of Rittenhouse Square, which receives no ongoing city or state funding.
- A portion of proceeds will go to Mural Arts Philadelphia for a future mural honoring Robert, with the location to be determined.
- Robert, a 44-year WMMR mid-day host who died in October at 70, was remembered by fans in the square and at a December memorial concert at the Fillmore.