Thomas Reitter, who painted Montclair’s iconic Rooster mural on Park Street, died on February 5. Reitter was 71. From Reitter’s obituary: Thom graduated from Chatham High then went to the Newark School of Fine and Industrial Arts; he was a fine arts artist painting in oils and watercolor. Many paintings adorn people’s homes. His claim to fame is the Rooster mural in Montclair NJ which he originally painted in 1980 and has repainted it every ten years, the last being 2019. His work is magical, full of realism and fantasy intertwined.