Biography
Heiskell was born in Naples, the second child of American parents, Ann Moore Hubbard and Morgan Ott Heiskell, who had married in Wheeling, West Virginia and then moved to Capri. He spent his childhood abroad. In 1946, aged just 30, he was named publisher of ''Life (magazine), Life''; later, as CEO, he had to close it down (in 1972). In 1974 he created ''People (magazine), People'', which rapidly became a great asset. The Institute of International Education's Andrew Heiskell Award is named for him. Heiskell donated funds to pay for the Arts Director position at the American Academy in Rome.Personal life
He was married three times. His first wife was Cornelia Scott, and they had two children, Diane and Peter. His second wife was the Hollywood actress Madeleine Carroll, with whom he had a daughter, Anne Madeleine. In 1965, he married his third wife, Marian Sulzberger Heiskell, Marian Sulzberger Dryfoos, the widow of New York Times publisher Orvil Dryfoos.Books
* Andrew Heiskell with Ralph Graves (1997), ''Outsider, Insider: An Unlikely Success Story'', Marian-Darien Press,References
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