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(1929-2023) Journalist, author. Rita Reif was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Washington, District of Columbia. She worked for many years at The New York Times.

Full Name

Rita Reif

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


Unknown

OTHER

Ms. Reif graduated from Cathedral High School in Manhattan, New York.

1929

BIRTH

Rita Reif was born Rita Anne Murphy in Manhattan, New York, on June 12, 1929.

1950

OTHER

Ms. Reif received a bachelor's degree from Fordham University in 1950.

1951

OTHER

Ms. Reif received a master's degree in English literature from Columbia University in 1951.

1975

LITWORK

Home, It Takes More Than Money
Quadrangle/New York Times Book Company
0812904931 / 978-0812904932
Nonfiction.

2023

DEATH

Rita Reif died at her son Timothy's home in Washington, District of Columbia, on June 16, 2023.

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