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American journalist
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Male
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17 February 1933(New York City, New York, U.S.A.)
Death:
11 March 2016
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Richard Van Gelder
The details
Biography
Introduction
Lawrence Van Gelder (February 17, 1933 – March 11, 2016) was an American journalist and instructor in journalism who has 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. Among the newspapers for which Van Gelder has worked are 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.
Death
Lawrence Van Gelder died of leiomyosarcoma on March 11, 2016, aged 83.