Lawrence Van Gelder
Lawrence Van Gelder | |
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Born | Lawrence Ralph Van Gelder February 17, 1933 New York City, New York, U.S. |
Died | March 11, 2016 New York City, New York, U.S. | (aged 83)
Alma mater | Columbia University |
Occupation | Editor, reporter, instructor in journalism |
Notable credit(s) | |
Relatives | Richard Van Gelder (brother) Gordon Van Gelder (nephew) Leslie Van Gelder (niece) Russell Van Gelder (nephew) |
Lawrence Ralph Van Gelder (February 17, 1933 – March 11, 2016) was an American journalist and instructor in journalism who worked at several different New York City-based newspapers in his long career. Until 2010, he was senior editor of the Arts and Leisure weekly section of The New York Times, as well as a film critic.[1] Among the newspapers for which Van Gelder worked were the New York Daily Mirror, the New York Journal-American and the World-Journal-Tribune.
Biography[]
Richard Van Gelder was his brother and Gordon Van Gelder, the editor and publisher of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, is a nephew. He began working at the Times in May 1967.[2]
Death[]
Lawrence Van Gelder died of leiomyosarcoma on March 11, 2016, aged 83.[2]
References[]
- ^ Van Gelder, Lawrence (October 26, 1996). "Eat and Be Thin. What's the Catch?". The New York Times.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Roberts, Sam (March 12, 2016). "Lawrence Van Gelder, Critic and Editor at The Times, Dies at 83". The New York Times. p. B8.
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Categories:
- 1933 births
- 2016 deaths
- American male journalists
- American people of Dutch descent
- Columbia University faculty
- Critics employed by The New York Times
- The New York Times editors
- Deaths from cancer in New York (state)
- Deaths from leiomyosarcoma
- 20th-century American journalists