Legendary editor Robert Gottlieb passes away at 92
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Robert A. Gottlieb, a legendary editor who worked with Toni Morrison, Joseph Heller, and Robert Caro, among others, has died at the age of 92. Gottlieb was known for his ability to work with both high and low culture, editing bestsellers by genre authors Michael Crichton and Anne Rice, and autobiographies by President Bill Clinton, actress Lauren Bacall, and Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham. He was also an eccentric man of letters who bore an uncanny resemblance to Woody Allen and collected mid-century plastic purses. Gottlieb was essentially saying, “Be reckless in your imagination,” Morrison said.
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