For photos of some of his hats over the last few years, Click Here. 

News 5 is reporting the passing of Avtar Gil.  You may have known him as the Hat Guy.  Avtar was a fixture at just about every public event in Downtown Cincinnati.  He made his own hats commemorating elections, games, visitors, and openings.

Whenever I ran into him, he'd ask me to take his picture and share it with Bill Cunningham, (who also was mentioned on a couple of Avtar's hats.).  Avtar was non-partisan.  He made hats for Democrats and Republicans alike, seeing himself as an ambassador and a promoter of Cincinnati.

For photos of some of his hats over the last few years, Click Here.

The cause of death, and Avtar's age, have not been released.