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Max Frankel

Max Frankel (born April 3, 1930) is an American journalist. He was executive editor of The New York Times from 1986 to 1994.

Max Frankel

(1930-04-03) April 3, 1930

American

B.A. and M.A. Columbia College

Journalist

Tobia Brown (until her death)
Joyce Purnick

David Frankel
Margot Frankel Goldberg
Jonathan Frankel

Personal life[edit]

Frankel has been married twice. His first wife was Tobia Brown with whom he had three children: David Frankel, Margot Frankel Goldberg, and Jonathan Frankel.[8][9][10] She died of a brain tumor at the age of 52 in 1987.[8] He was married again in 1988 to Joyce Purnick, a Times columnist and editor.[11]

The New York Times and the Holocaust

on C-SPAN

Appearances