Mimi Clar Melnick (December 25, 1935 – June 14, 2013) was a journalist, author, and jazz salon hostess in Los Angeles.
[1] Her father, Charles Clar, was a high-end fireplace merchant, and her mother, Reva Howitt, was a dancer.
[2] She studied classical piano as a child and graduated from John Marshall High School in 1953.
[4] Her research and advocacy resulted in the city of Los Angeles officially preserving fifteen manhole covers in 1984 at Heritage Square historic park.
[12][3] The Double M Jazz Salon lived on even after her death, as jazz concerts and music scholarships were sponsored by her brother Richard Clar and held at the Mayme A. Clayton Library and Museum in Culver City, California for several years.