To Our Readers: Jun. 30, 1997

I am saddened to report that Martha Duffy, one of the most talented and beloved members of our professional family, died last week at 61. She had worked at TIME for 37 years, half the life of the magazine, as a researcher, writer, critic and one of our first women senior editors.

During her remarkable tenure, her clear thinking, confident critical judgments and passion for the arts, high and low, helped define TIME at its very best. Her interests ranged from ballet to baseball, horse racing, fashion and literature. In whatever field, her sharp but unpretentious sense of taste not only...

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