Death
Fadiman died on June 20, 1999, of pancreatic cancer in Sanibel, Florida at the age of 95. In the year of his death, Fadiman's Lifetime Reading Plan came back into print as The New Lifetime Reading Plan.
In its obituary, the New York Times called Fadiman an "essayist, critic, editor and indefatigable anthologist whose encyclopedic knowledge made him a mainstay of Information Please and other popular radio programs in the late 1930's, 40's and 50'" and noted that he "also helped establish the Book-of-the-Month Club and served on its editorial board for more than 50 years."
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