Margalit Fox

Fox was born in Glen Cove, New York, one of three daughters of David (a physicist) and Laura {{nee}} Garfield.{{cite news |last=Ravo |first=Nick |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/10/nyregion/dr-david-fox-78-a-physicist-blacklisted-in-the-mccarthy-era.html|title=Dr. David Fox, 78, a Physicist Blacklisted in the McCarthy Era|newspaper=The New York Times |date=May 10, 1999}}[https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/650994.Margalit_Fox "Margalit Fox"], Goodreads. Retrieved September 28, 2023. She attended Barnard College in New York City and then Stony Brook University, where she completed her bachelor's degree (1982) and then a master's degree in linguistics in 1983. She received a master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1991.[http://www.talkinghandsbook.com/theauthor.html "About the Author"], TalkingHandsBook.com, accessed June 16, 2013{{Cite web |last=Elfman |first=Lois| title=Margalit Fox's Next Chapter |url=https://barnard.edu/magazine/fall-2018/margalit-foxs-next-chapter |date=2018 |access-date=July 3, 2024 |website=Barnard Magazine}} Fox also studied the cello.{{cite web|last=Cowen|first=Tyler|url=https://medium.com/conversations-with-tyler/margalit-fox-obituary-writer-new-york-times-f4169ede40#.pc6y842md |title=Margalit Fox on Life, Death, and the Best Job in Journalism |website=Medium.com|date=August 24, 2016}}

In the 1980s, before attending journalism school, Fox worked in book and magazine publishing. She joined The New York Times in 1994 as a copy editor for its Book Review.{{cite web|last=Ronan|first=Alex|url=http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2014/09/23/the-art-of-the-obituary-an-interview-with-margalit-fox |title=The Art of the Obituary: An Interview with Margalit Fox |website=The Paris Review|date=September 23, 2014|access-date=May 24, 2016}}{{cite news |last=Fox |first=Margalit |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/28/insider/obituary-writer-margalit-fox-retires.html |title=She Knows How to Make an Exit. You’re Reading It|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 28, 2018}} She has written widely on language, culture and ideas for The New York Times, New York Newsday, Variety and other publications. Her work was anthologized in Best Newspaper Writing, 2005.{{cite web|last=Karampelas|first=Gabrielle|url=http://news.stanford.edu/news/2014/august/saroyan-award-winners-082114.html |title=Margalit Fox and Kiese Laymon win Stanford's 2014 Saroyan Prize for Writing|website=Stanford News|publisher=Stanford University|date=August 21, 2014}} Fox moved to the obituary department of The New York Times in 2004. There she wrote more than 1,400 obituaries before retiring as a senior writer in 2018, penning an article for the paper about her own retirement. She then began to pursue book writing full-time. She left the newspaper with about 80 advance obituaries that continue to give her New York Times bylines years later.{{cite web |last=Tate |first=Leslie |url=https://leslietate.com/2021/05/12322 |title=Margalit Fox: From Shoveling Commas to Changing The New York Times{{'}} Obits|website=LeslieTate.com|date=May 2021}} Since 2013, Fox has been a member of the usage panel of the American Heritage Dictionary.{{cite news |title=Margalit Fox |work=The New York Times|access-date=December 27, 2020|url=https://www.nytimes.com/by/margalit-fox}}

The Newswomen's Club of New York awarded Fox its Front Page Award in 2011 for her collection of work at The New York Times{{cite web|title=2011 Winners| url=http://www.newswomensclubnewyork.com/2011-winners |publisher=Newswomen's Club of New York|access-date=October 7, 2012|url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103124428/http://www.newswomensclubnewyork.com/2011-winners |archive-date=November 3, 2013}} and again in 2015 for "beat reporting". In 2014, she won Stanford University's William Saroyan International Prize for Writing for her book The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code. The New York Times also ranked the book as one of the "100 Notable Books of 2013." In 2014, The Paris Review called Fox "An instrumental figure in pushing the obituary past Victorian-era formal constraints". In its 2015 roundup of "Best journalism of 2015", Sports Illustrated referred to her as "The great NYT obit writer".{{cite web|last=Deitsch|first=Richard|url=https://www.si.com/more-sports/2015/12/20/media-circus-best-journalism-2015-gameday-ratings# |title=Best journalism of 2015; GameDay ratings soar this year and more|website=Sports Illustrated|date=December 22, 2015}} In 2016, Atlantic Monthly described her as "the finest obituarist at The New York Times".{{cite magazine|last=Meyer|first=Robinson|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/01/not-doomed-yet-obama-and-china-slow-coals-roll/424749 |title=Not Doomed Yet: Obama and China Slow Coal's Roll|magazine=Atlantic Monthly|date=January 20, 2016}} Calling her "The Artist of the Obituary", Andrew Ferguson wrote in Commentary magazine: "Margalit Fox is one of those writers ... whose every paragraph carries an undercurrent of humor ... you're never more than a few sentences away from an ironic aside or wry observation or the sudden appearance of some cockeyed fact. ... Stranger still, Fox maintains her writerly bounce despite her regular subject, which is death. ...Fox is ... the best writer all around, at the New York Times.{{cite magazine |last=Ferguson |first=Andrew |url=https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/the-artist-of-the-obituary |title=The Artist of the Obituary|magazine=Commentary|date=October 1, 2013 |access-date= May 24, 2016}} Jay Nordlinger, writing in the National Review, called her obit for Peter Schickele "virtuosic".Nordinger, Jay. [https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/01/comedy-and-culture-c "Comedy and culture, &c."], National Review, January 25, 2024 Her writing is featured in The Sense of Style (2014), the writing guide by Steven Pinker.

Fox has said: "In the course of an obit, you’re charged with taking your subject from the cradle to the grave, which gives you a natural narrative arc. ... 98 percent of the obit has nothing to do with death, but with life. ... We like to say it’s the jolliest department in the paper." Fox is featured in Vanessa Gould's 2016 documentary film Obit about the New York Times obituary staff.{{cite web |last=Dries|first=Kate|url=http://themuse.jezebel.com/died-is-died-is-died-talking-with-vanessa-gould-and-ma-1771834915 |title='Died Is Died Is Died': Talking with Vanessa Gould and Margalit Fox of Obit|website=The Muse: Jezebel|date=April 20, 2016}} She considers that her journalism work was the perfect training for book writing: "All of the structural devices that a book requires – the formal techniques that give a story its shape; keep it moving along nicely; and introduce the reader, bit by comfortable bit, to new concepts – are already fully present in any good newspaper article. It becomes, then, simply a question of magnitude … and endurance."

In their review of Conan Doyle for the Defense (2018), The Guardian said Fox "has worked hard to reshape a classic Edwardian murder case to make it fit with our times. In particular, she wants us to see that the racialisation of crime is nothing new: bad science and economic insecurity have long been responsible for creating 'out groups' on whom we dump our worst terrors."{{cite news |last=Hughes |first=Kathryn |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jun/13/conan-doyle-for-the-defence-by-margalit-fox-review |title=Conan Doyle for the Defence by Margalit Fox: review – a case worthy of Sherlock Holmes|newspaper=The Guardian |date=June 13, 2018|access-date=March 21, 2023}} Reviewing the same book, The Wall Street Journal praised Fox's "eye for the telling detail, a forensic sense of evidence and a relish for research."{{cite news|last=Mullen|first=Alexandra|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/conan-doyle-for-the-defense-review-the-case-of-the-innocent-man-1532654869 |title=Conan Doyle for the Defense Review: The Case of the Innocent Man|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|date=July 26, 2018|access-date=March 21, 2023}}

In 2022 her book, The Confidence Men: How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History, was nominated for the Edgar Award in the category of Best Fact Crime.{{Cite web |title=MWA Announces the 2022 Edgar Award Nominations |website=Mystery Writers of America |url=https://mysterywriters.org/mwa-announce-the-2022-edgar-award-nominations |date=January 19, 2022 |access-date=January 22, 2022}} The New York Times Book Review said that Fox "unspools the men's delightfully elaborate prison-break scheme in nail-biting episodes that advance like a narrative Rube Goldberg machine".{{cite news|last=Jennings|first=Chris|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/01/books/review/the-confidence-men-margalit-fox.html |title=Breaking Out of Prison With a Ouija Board and Some Clever Tricks |newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 1, 2021|access-date=March 20, 2023}} Later that year, Thunder Road Films announced that it was developing a film adaptation of the book, with Fox writing the screenplay.{{cite web |last=Grobar |first=Matt |url=https://deadline.com/2022/05/the-confidence-men-film-based-on-margalit-fox-novel-in-works-at-thunder-road-1235027148 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518163401/https://deadline.com/2022/05/the-confidence-men-film-based-on-margalit-fox-novel-in-works-at-thunder-road-1235027148/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 18, 2022 |title=Basil Iwanyk's Thunder Road to Produce The Confidence Men Film Based on Margalit Fox’s Non-Fiction Book, With Fox Adapting; WWI Tale Follows British P.O.W.s Escaping Turkish Camp Via Ouija Board|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=May 18, 2022}}

Fox is married to writer and critic George Robinson.

• Talking Hands: What Sign Language Reveals About the Mind, Simon & Schuster (2007) {{ISBN|978-0-7432-4712-2}}
• The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code, Ecco Press (2013) {{ISBN|978-0-0622-2883-3}}
• Conan Doyle for the Defense: The True Story of a Sensational British Murder, a Quest for Justice, and the World's Most Famous Detective Writer, Random House (2018) {{ISBN|978-0-3995-8945-4}}
• The Confidence Men: How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History, Random House (2021) {{ISBN|978-1-9848-5384-4}}
• The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss, Random House, (2024) {{ISBN|978-0-593-24385-5}}{{Cite news |last=Applegate |first=Debby |date=July 16, 2024 |title=When Gangland Was Jewish |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/16/books/review/the-talented-mrs-mandelbaum-margalit-fox-incorruptibles-dan-slater.html |access-date=August 4, 2024 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |last=Birnbeck |first=Lisa |date=June 29, 2024 |title=The ‘nice lady’ next door who was actually a crime boss |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/06/29/talented-mandelbaum-fox-book-review/ |website=Washington Post}}

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• Virginia Hamilton Adair{{cite news|last=Fox|first=Margalit|title=Virginia Hamilton Adair, 91, a Poet Famous Late in Life, Dies|date=September 18, 2004|work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/18/arts/18adair.html}}
• Betty Allen{{cite news | last=Fox | first=Margalit | title=Betty Allen, Opera Singer and Educator, Dies at 82 | work=The New York Times | date=June 25, 2009 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/arts/music/25allen.html }}
• Maya Angelou{{cite news| title=May Angelou, Lyrical Witness of the Jim Crow South, Dies at 86| last=Fox| first=Margalit| date=May 28, 2014| work=The New York Times | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/29/arts/maya-angelou-lyrical-witness-of-the-jim-crow-south-dies-at-86.html}}
• Emmett L. Bennett, Jr.{{cite news | last = Fox | first = Margalit | title = Emmett L. Bennett Jr., Ancient Script Expert, Dies at 93 | work = The New York Times | page = 24 | date = January 1, 2012 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/01/science/emmett-l-bennett-jr-dies-at-93-helped-decipher-linear-b.html}}
• Christine Brooke-Rose{{cite news|last=Fox|first=Margalit|title=Christine Brooke-Rose, 89, Inventive Writer|work=The New York Times|page=17|date=April 10, 2012|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/10/books/christine-brooke-rose-experimental-writer-dies-at-89.html}}
• Joyce Brothers{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/14/arts/television/dr-joyce-brothers-psychologist-dies-at-85.html|title=Dr. Joyce Brothers, Psychologist Who Dispensed Advice to Millions, Dies at 85|work=The New York Times|date=May 13, 2013|first=Margalit|last=Fox}}
• Helen Gurley Brown{{cite news | last = Fox | first = Margalit | title = Helen Gurley Brown, Who Gave 'Single Girl' a Life in Full, Dies at 90 | work = The New York Times | date = August 13, 2012 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/14/business/media/helen-gurley-brown-who-gave-cosmopolitan-its-purr-is-dead-at-90.html}}
• Robert N. Buck{{cite news | last = Fox | first = Margalit | title = Robert N. Buck Dies at 93; Was Record-Setting Aviator | work = The New York Times | page = 28 | date = May 20, 2007 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/us/20buck.html}}
• Diahann Carroll{{cite news| title=Diahann Carroll, Actress Who Broke Barriers With 'Julia', Dies at 84| last=Fox| first=Margalit| date=October 4, 2019| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/04/arts/television/diahann-carroll-dead.html}}
• Robert L. Chapman{{cite news|last=Fox|first=Margalit|title=Robert Chapman, 81, Roget's Thesaurus Editor|work=The New York Times|page=23|date=February 5, 2002 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/05/arts/robert-chapman-81-roget-s-thesaurus-editor.html}}
• Lili Chookasian{{cite news|last=Fox|first=Margalit|title=Lili Chookasian, 90, Contralto Praised for Her Velvety Voice|work=The New York Times|page=21|date=April 13, 2012 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/13/arts/music/lili-chookasian-opera-singer-dies-at-90.html}}
• Hugues Cuénod{{cite news | last = Fox | first = Margalit | title = Hugues Cuénod Dies at 108; Versatile, Light-Voiced Tenor | work = The New York Times | page = 20 | date = December 8, 2010 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/08/arts/music/08cuenod.html}}
• Leo Dillon{{cite news|last=Fox|first=Margalit|title=Leo Dillon, Celebrated Illustrator of Children's Books, Is Dead at 79|work=The New York Times|page=27|date=May 31, 2012|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/31/books/leo-dillon-illustrator-of-childrens-books-dies-at-79.html}}

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• Patty Duke{{cite news|last=Fox|first=Margalit|title=Patty Duke, Child Star and Oscar Winner, Dies at 69|work=The New York Times|page=18|date=March 30, 2016|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/30/arts/television/patty-duke-dies.html}}
• Betty Friedan
• John Gardner{{cite news|last=Fox|first=Margalit|title=John Gardner, Who Continued the James Bond Series, Dies at 80|work=The New York Times|page=21|date=August 29, 2007|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/29/arts/29gardner.html}}
• Jim Gary{{cite news|last=Fox|first=Margalit|title=Jim Gary, Sculptor Inspired by Junk, Dies at 66|work=The New York Times|page=21|date=January 19, 2006 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/19/arts/design/19gary.html}}
• Dorothy Gilman{{cite news | last = Fox | first = Margalit | title = Dorothy Gilman, 88, 'Mrs. Pollifax' Novelist | work = The New York Times | page = 19 | date = February 4, 2012 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/04/books/dorothy-gilman-spy-novelist-dies-at-88.html}}
• Crawford Hallock Greenewalt, Jr.{{cite news|last=Fox|first=Margalit|title=Crawford Greenewalt Jr., 74; Shed Light on an Ancient City|work=The New York Times|page=22|date=May 20, 2012 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/20/world/europe/crawford-greenewalt-jr-archaeologist-who-dug-at-sardis-dies-at-74.html}}
• Arthur Haggerty{{cite web|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/18/us/18haggerty.html|author=Fox, Margalit|date=July 18, 2006|title=Arthur Haggerty, 74, Master Dog Trainer, Dies|author-link=Margalit Fox}}
• Seamus Heaney{{cite news| last=Fox| first=Margalit| title=Seamus Heaney, Irish Poet of Soil and Strife, Dies at 74| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/31/arts/seamus-heaney-acclaimed-irish-poet-dies-at-74.html | date=August 30, 2013}}
• Katherine Johnson{{cite news| title=Katherine Johnson, NASA Mathematician Featured in 'Hidden Figures', Dies at 101| date=February 24, 2020| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/24/science/katherine-johnson-dead.html}}
• Fred Kilgour{{cite news|last=Fox|first=Margalit|title=Frederick G. Kilgour, Innovative Librarian, Dies at 92|work=The New York Times|page=8|date=August 2, 2006 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/02/us/02kilgour.html}}
• Alice Kober{{cite news|last=Fox|first=Margalit|title=Alice E. Kober, 43; Lost to History No More, |work=The New York Times |date=May 11, 2013 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/12/sunday-review/alice-e-kober-43-lost-to-history-no-more.html }}
• Eppie Lederer (Ann Landers){{cite web| title=Ann Landers, Advice Giver to Millions, is Dead at 73| date=June 23, 2002| last=Fox| first=Margalit| work=The New York Times | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/23/us/ann-landers-advice-giver-to-the-millions-is-dead-at-83.html}}

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• Kurt Masur{{cite news|url=http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/kurt-masur-acclaimed-international-conductor-dies-at-88/ |last=Fox|first=Margalit|title=Kurt Masur, acclaimed international conductor, dies at 88 |newspaper=The Seattle Times |date=December 19, 2015}}
• Anne McCaffrey{{cite news|last=Fox|first=Margalit|title=Anne McCaffrey, 85, Author of Fantasies|work=The New York Times|page=33|date=November 24, 2011|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/24/arts/anne-mccaffrey-dragonriders-author-dies-at-85.html}}
• René A. Morel{{cite news|last=Fox|first=Margalit|title=René Morel, Master Restorer Of Rare Violins, Dies at 79|work=The New York Times|page=30|date=November 20, 2011|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/20/nyregion/rene-a-morel-master-restorer-of-rare-violins-dies-at-79.html}}
• Toni Morrison
• Patricia Neway{{cite news|last=Fox|first=Margalit |title=Patricia Neway, Operatic Soprano Who Won a Tony, Dies at 92 |work=The New York Times |date=February 1, 2012 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/01/arts/music/patricia-neway-operatic-soprano-who-won-a-tony-dies-at-92.html }}
• Pauline Phillips (Dear Abby){{cite news| last=Fox| first=Margarit| title=Pauline Phillips, Flinty Advisor to Millions as Dear Abby, Dies at 94| date=January 17, 2013| work=The New York Times | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/18/business/media/pauline-phillips-flinty-adviser-to-millions-as-dear-abby-dies-at-94.html}}
• Ingrid Pitt{{cite news|last=Fox|first=Margalit|title=Ingrid Pitt, 73, Horror Star Who Survived Nazi Horror|work=The New York Times|page=37|date=November 25, 2010|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/25/arts/25pitt.html}}
• Chaim Potok{{cite news|last=Fox|first=Margalit|title=Chaim Potok, 73, Dies; Novelist Illumined the World of Hasidic Judaism|work=The New York Times|page=17|date=July 24, 2002 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/24/books/chaim-potok-73-dies-novelist-illumined-the-world-of-hasidic-judaism.html}}
• James Randi{{cite news| last=Fox| first=Margarit| title=James Randi, Magician Who Debunked Paranormal Claims, Dies at 92| date=October 21, 2020| work=The New York Times | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/21/obituaries/james-randi-dead.html}}
• Adrienne Rich{{cite news| last=Fox| first=Margalit| title=Adrienne Rich, Influential Feminist Poet, Dies at 82| date=March 28, 2012| work=The New York Times | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/29/books/adrienne-rich-feminist-poet-and-author-dies-at-82.html}}
• Anneliese Rothenberger{{cite news|last=Fox|first=Margalit|title=Anneliese Rothenberger, German Opera Singer|work=The New York Times|page=21|date=May 28, 2010 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/28/arts/music/28rothenberger.html}}
• Albert Schatz{{cite news|last=Fox|first=Margalit |title=Albert Schatz, Microbiologist, Dies at 84 |work=The New York Times |date=February 2, 2005 |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html }}

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• Jane Scott{{cite news|last=Fox|first=Margalit|title=Jane Scott Is Dead at 92; Veteran Rock Music Critic|work=The New York Times|page=18|date=July 6, 2011 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/06/arts/music/jane-scott-veteran-rock-music-reporter-dies-at-92.html}}
• Tony Scott{{cite news|last=Fox|first=Margalit|title=Tony Scott, Jazz Clarinetist Who Mastered Bebop, Dies at 85|work=The New York Times|page=16|date=March 31, 2007 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/31/obituaries/31scott.html}}
• Maurice Sendak{{cite news| title=Maurice Sendak, Author of Splendid Nightmares, Dies at 83| last=Fox| first=Margalit| author-link=Margalit Fox| date=May 8, 2012| work=The New York Times| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/09/books/maurice-sendak-childrens-author-dies-at-83.html}}
• Peter SchickeleFox, Margalit (January 17, 2024, updated January 19, 2024) [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/17/arts/music/peter-schickele-dead.html?searchResultPosition=1 "Peter Schickele, Composer and Gleeful Sire of P.D.Q. Bach, Dies at 88"]. The New York Times.
• Rudi Stern{{cite news|author=Fox, Margalit |author-link=Margalit Fox |title=Rudi Stern, Artist Whose Medium Was Light, Dies at 69 |date=August 18, 2006 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/18/arts/18stern.html |newspaper=The New York Times }}
• Kirtanananda Swami{{cite news|last=Fox|first=Margalit|title=Swami Bhaktipada Dies at Age 74; Ex-Hare Krishna Leader and Felon|work=The New York Times|page=29|date=October 25, 2011 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/25/us/swami-bhaktipada-ex-hare-krishna-leader-dies-at-74.html}}
• Keith Tantlinger{{cite news|last=Fox|first=Margalit|title=Keith Tantlinger, Builder of Cargo Container, Dies at 92|work=The New York Times|page=25|date=September 7, 2011 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/07/business/keith-tantlinger-builder-of-cargo-container-dies-at-92.html}}
• Dave Tatsuno{{cite news|last=Fox|first=Margalit|title=Dave Tatsuno, 92, Whose Home Movies Captured History|work=The New York Times|page=21|date=February 13, 2006 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/13/national/13tatsuno.html}}
• Marie Tharp{{cite news|last=Fox|first=Margalit|title=Marie Tharp, Oceanographic Cartographer, Dies at 86|work=The New York Times|page=13|date=August 26, 2006 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/26/obituaries/26tharp.html}}
• Blanche Thebom{{cite news|last=Fox|first=Margalit|title=Blanche Thebom, 94, Star At the Met and Beyond|work=The New York Times|page=26|date=March 28, 2010 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/28/nyregion/28thebom.html}}
• Dolores Wilson{{cite news|last=Fox|first=Margalit|title=Dolores Wilson, Met Soprano, Dies at 82|work=The New York Times|page=29|date=October 5, 2010 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/05/arts/music/05wilson.html}}
• Frances Yeend{{cite news|last=Fox|first=Margalit |title=Frances Yeend, 95, Soprano At City Opera and the Met |work=The New York Times |date=May 8, 2008 |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9805E1DD113BF93BA35756C0A96E9C8B63 }}

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• [https://static.nytimes.com/packages/other/times-premier/death-becomes-her.pdf "Death Becomes Her: A Selection of Obituaries by Margalit Fox"], The New York Times (2014)

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