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Endpoint: Sheldon Wax (Editor)



created on: 22/02/2025
by: bob (9744)
 
 

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General info :
Sheldon Sloan Wax (born July 11, 1927 Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA - died May 25, 1979 Des Plaines, Cook County, Illinois, USA (aged 51)) was an editor at Playboy magazine.
Sheldon Wax was born in Brooklyn and served in the United States Navy in World War II. After his discharge, he enrolled at the University of Rochester and graduated with a fine arts degree in 1950.
He was married to author Judith Wax. They had met in 1949 when Judy was an 18-year-old freshman at Syracuse University and Shel was a senior, a 22-year-old ex-GI from Brooklyn. They were married within two years.
He was editorial director of Great American Publications and managing editor of special projects for Popular Library before moving to Playboy in 1960.v
He had joined Playboy magazine in 1960, at the start of its heyday, working as an associate editor before becoming managing editor in 1972.
The couple died in the American Airlines Flight 191 plane crash in Chicago on May 25, 1979.
They had a son, Paul, who became convert from Judaism to the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in the early 1970's and a daughter named Claudia.
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Married to [m. 1951] : Judith Wax
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Item number : 68024

Submitted by : bob (9744)
on : 22/02/2025
Refined by : Lo55o (13157)
Last updated on: 22/02/2025