Irving "Speed" Vogel (March 3, 1918 – April 14, 2008) was an American sculptor, painter, and co-author, along with Joseph Heller, of the best-selling[1] memoir, No Laughing Matter.
He was born in New York City and was the fourth of five children of his father Julius, who was a builder.
Later, Vogel started his own textile business, Ria Herlinger Fabrics, with his first wife.
Later, he became a furniture producer and left this business at a relatively early age when he retired.
[2] A textile businessman and associate of Gwathmey Siegel, he was also member of the "Gourmet Club," an assemblage of writers, artists and showbusiness people (which included Mel Brooks and Mario Puzo, among others), who gathered weekly from the 1960s to the 1980s to eat and talk at Chinese restaurants in New York City.