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- Birth nameJoseph Salem Lelyveld
- Joseph Lelyveld was born on April 5, 1937 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He was married to Carolyn Fox. He died on January 5, 2024 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- SpouseCarolyn Fox(1959 - May 19, 2004) (her death, 2 children)
- Received his MS degree from Columbia University in 1960.
- Was executive editor of The New York Times from 1994 to 2001, and interim executive editor in 2003 after the resignation of Howell Raines.
- Earned a BA degree in English from Harvard University in 1958.
- Authored Move Your Shadow: South Africa, Black and White, based on his reporting from Johannesburg, South Africa, in the 1960s and 1980s. He received the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1986 for Move Your Shadow.
- Earned an MA in American history from Harvard University in 1959.
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