Who is or was Harold A. Shpitz?

[Ravel]

This is not the first time that I play Perfect Vermin.
I was one of the people who played it for the first time when it was released only on itch.io.
After completing the game another time, I continue to fall in love with the way in which the game decides to tell you the story but...I still have some doubts...

Who is (or was) Harold A. Shpitz?

Was he a real person?

Which is his story?

[Birdy]

Harold Ash pits lol.

[the tum tum tree]

To my knowledge, he is actually based off of a real person with the same name, who has unfortunately passed away due to cancer

[the tum tum tree]

He was 90 by the way

[the tum tum tree]

The connection is fairly loose though, so I may not be what’s being referenced