Marcus Henry Jaffe Obituary
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Marcus Henry Jaffe (North Adams, Massachusetts), who passed away on December 31, 2023, at the age of 102, leaving to mourn family and friends. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.
He is survived by : his wife Vivienne; his children, Eva (Peter) and Ben (Alex); his grandchildren, Louis (Lyndsey), Jacob, Jono, Sonia, Micah, Anna and Grace; his sister-in-law Ruth; his niece Ariana (Michael); his sister-in-law Pat; and his nephews, Daniel (Cathy), Josh (Kathy) and Toby (Andrea).
During what Jaffe called "a great apprenticeship" over the next few years, he broadened his editorial reach to include important works such as Five Great Dialogues of Plato, a new translation of Dante's Inferno by John Ciardi and an important contribution to the study of American history, A Documentary History of the US by Richard Heffner.