Lest We Forget…Gerald Astor

January 4, 2008

Gerald Astor, 81, Writer on Americans in Combat, Dies

“After his wartime service, he received a bachelor’s degree from Princeton. He was the picture editor of Sports Illustrated in its early years and worked as an editor for Sport magazine, Look, The Saturday Evening Post and Time….Mr. Astor edited The Baseball Hall of Fame 50th Anniversary Book and wrote a biography of the heavyweight champion Joe Louis, And a Credit to His Race.

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