Alfred A. Knopf Jr., son of publishing legends and a publisher himself, died on February 16. He was 90.
Knopf (June 17, 1918- February 16, 2009) died of complications from a fall in mid-January.
Knopf was the only child of Alfred Knopf and Blanche Wolf Knopf, publishing pioneers and giants. He left his parents' company, Alfred A. Knopf Inc., in 1959 to co-found Atheneum Publishers along with Simon Michael Bessie and Hiram Haydn. Later, the company merged with Charles Scribner's Sons to form Scribner Book Companies, which was acquired by Macmillan Inc., and Knopf became a senior vice president. Knopf retired in 1988. (Agencies)
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