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     • William Shawn was an American editor who headed The New Yorker (1952–87), shaping it into one of the most influential periodicals in the United States.
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   How did William Shawn die?

   • William Shawn, the shy, strong-willed editor who ran The New Yorker for a third of this century, died yesterday morning at the apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan where he had lived since 1950. He was 85 years old. He died of a heart attack, said his son Wallace Shawn, the actor.

   William Shawn, 85, Is Dead; New Yorker's Gentle Despot

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   What did Shawn Shawn do before he joined The New Yorker?

   • Shawn left college after two years and briefly worked as a journalist and pianist before joining The New Yorker as a freelance writer (1933). In 1939 he was named managing editor.

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   What was it like to meet William Shawn?

   • Meeting William Shawn was a somewhat mystifyingly intense experience. You left his presence feeling as if you had just exited a play or a film that had taken you out of your own life and plunged you into a world that was more vivid, coherent, and interesting than the real world.

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   Who was Shawn Ross?

   • In 1939 he was named managing editor. After the death of founding editor Harold Ross (1952), Shawn became editor and shifted the magazine’s tone from lighthearted irreverence to serious reporting of major social and political issues. He was esteemed as an editor who demanded accuracy and who nurtured writers and other editors.

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   When did William Shawn leave The New Yorker?

   • William Shawn left The New Yorker on February 12, 1987. On this day before his departure, he wrote this letter to the staff: My feelings at this perplexed moment are too strong for farewells. I will miss you terribly, but I can be grateful to have had your companionship for part of my journey through the years.

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   Did William Shawn play the piano?

   • William Shawn, who once wrote that "Listening to jazz has been one of the great pleasures of my life," also enjoyed playing the piano in his special Fats Waller-style. In the late fifties, he presided over occasional musical evenings in his apartment, on the Upper East Side.

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3. www.newyorker.com › 12 › 28Remembering Mr. Shawn - The New Yorker

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   Dec 20, 1992 · From 1992: Friends and colleagues recall the New Yorker’s longtime editor William Shawn.

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   Aug 27, 2024 · William Shawn (born Aug. 31, 1907, Chicago, Ill., U.S.—died Dec. 8, 1992, New York, N.Y.) was an American editor who headed The New Yorker (1952–87), shaping it into one of the most influential periodicals in the United States.

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5. www.nytimes.com › 1992/12/09 › obituariesWilliam Shawn, 85, Is Dead; New Yorker's Gentle Despot

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   Dec 9, 1992 · William Shawn, the shy, strong-willed editor who ran The New Yorker for a third of this century, died yesterday morning at the apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan where...

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   Dec 13, 1992 · Mr. Shawn became editor of "The New Yorker" on January 21, 1952 and was editor until February 13, 1987. He joined the magazine in 1933, eight years after the magazines conception, and his...

7. www.independent.co.uk › news › peopleObituary: William Shawn - The Independent

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   Dec 12, 1992 · So Bill Shawn was just about right when he reminded me in a goodbye letter after he had been sacked from the editor's chair in 1987 that 'you and I have been together for 48 years - almost half a...

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   Apr 27, 1998 · Legendary "New Yorker" editor William Shawn zealously guarded his privacy. Now, as Lillian Ross, one of his most illustrious protégées, prepares a memoir of their 40-year affair, it’s clear he...

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   The Life and Times of William Shawn. William Shawn was born William Chon on 31 August, 1907, the sixth and youngest child of Jackknife Ben, a purveyor of knives and jewellery in the Chicago ...