Henry Grunwald, 82; Editor Led Innovation at Time Magazine
LA Times
Henry Grunwald, who began his career at Time magazine as a copy boy, became its top editor and later ran Time Inc.’s vast media empire, has died. He was 82.
Grunwald, who also served as U.S. ambassador to his native Austria, died Saturday of congestive heart failure at his home in New York City.
During his nine years as managing editor — the magazine’s highest position — he led Time through dramatic change, broadening the scope of its journalism and brightening its pages for a generation that was accustomed to getting its news from television. When he stepped down in 1977, Grunwald was considered the second most influential editor in the magazine’s history, behind only its founder, Henry Luce.
He later spent eight years as editor in chief of Time Inc., managing the company through most of the 1980s, before being named ambassador to Austria by President Reagan in 1988. After his two-year diplomatic career, Grunwald wrote two well-received memoirs, the first about his experiences as a refugee who narrowly escaped Nazi forces in Europe, followed by his unlikely rise to prominence in a new country, using a new language.
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