Edward Earl Fitzgerald---AKA Ed Fitzgerald
Born: September 10, 1919, New York, NY
Died: February 11, 2001, Eastchester, NY, age 81,---d. at Sound Shore Medical Center, New Rochelle, NY, from complications from a stoke.
Magazine editor / writer / book author
Yonkers, NY, 4-month old, (January 10, 1920 census)
Yonkers, NY, 10-year old, (April 14, 1930 census)
Yonkers, NY, assistant sports editor, newspaper, (April 8, 1940 census)
Sport Magazine, writer / editor, 1946 - 1951, Editor-in-Chief, 1951 - 1960
Doubleday Company, books division, President, 1960 - 1968
McCall Magazine Group, President, (published McCall's, Redbook, Saturday Review), 1968 - 1971
Book of the Month Club, President, 1973 - 1974
Quality Paperback Book Club, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), 1979 - 1984
Father: Francis, born Ireland, 1891?; Mother: Mary, born Vermont, 1901?;
Co-authored autobiographies by Yogi Berra, Mel Allen, Johnny Unitas, and Althea Gibson.
Wife: Libuse Ostruk; Daughter: Eileen; Son: Kevin
Authored:
A Nickel an Inch: A Memoir, 1985
Edward E. Fitzgerald, former president and CEO of the Doubleday Book Clubs, Book-of-the-Month Club and Quality Paperback Book Club, died on February 11 in New Rochelle, N.Y., of complications from a stroke. He was 81 years old. In 1946 Fitzgerald cofounded Sport magazine, an early rival of Sports Illustrated , and was its editor for nine years until 1960. That year, he went to Doubleday and spent eight years as president of the book division, book clubs and bookstores. From 1968 to 1971, Fitzgerald was president of the McCall's magazine group, and started the McCall's Book Publishing Company. He was named president of BOMC in 1973 and founded the Quality Paperback Book Club a year later; he was CEO at QPB from 1979 to 1984. His memoir of his publishing days, A Nickel an Inch , was published in 1984.
New York Times' obituary, February 19, 2001, pp. B8.



Born: September 10, 1919, New York, NY
Died: February 11, 2001, Eastchester, NY, age 81,---d. at Sound Shore Medical Center, New Rochelle, NY, from complications from a stoke.
Magazine editor / writer / book author
Yonkers, NY, 4-month old, (January 10, 1920 census)
Yonkers, NY, 10-year old, (April 14, 1930 census)
Yonkers, NY, assistant sports editor, newspaper, (April 8, 1940 census)
Sport Magazine, writer / editor, 1946 - 1951, Editor-in-Chief, 1951 - 1960
Doubleday Company, books division, President, 1960 - 1968
McCall Magazine Group, President, (published McCall's, Redbook, Saturday Review), 1968 - 1971
Book of the Month Club, President, 1973 - 1974
Quality Paperback Book Club, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), 1979 - 1984
Father: Francis, born Ireland, 1891?; Mother: Mary, born Vermont, 1901?;
Co-authored autobiographies by Yogi Berra, Mel Allen, Johnny Unitas, and Althea Gibson.
Wife: Libuse Ostruk; Daughter: Eileen; Son: Kevin
Authored:
A Nickel an Inch: A Memoir, 1985
Edward E. Fitzgerald, former president and CEO of the Doubleday Book Clubs, Book-of-the-Month Club and Quality Paperback Book Club, died on February 11 in New Rochelle, N.Y., of complications from a stroke. He was 81 years old. In 1946 Fitzgerald cofounded Sport magazine, an early rival of Sports Illustrated , and was its editor for nine years until 1960. That year, he went to Doubleday and spent eight years as president of the book division, book clubs and bookstores. From 1968 to 1971, Fitzgerald was president of the McCall's magazine group, and started the McCall's Book Publishing Company. He was named president of BOMC in 1973 and founded the Quality Paperback Book Club a year later; he was CEO at QPB from 1979 to 1984. His memoir of his publishing days, A Nickel an Inch , was published in 1984.
New York Times' obituary, February 19, 2001, pp. B8.




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