Selwyn Raab

Bio

Selwyn Raab (1934-2025) Journalist, author, investigative reporter. Selwyn Raab was born in and died in Manhattan, New York.

Full Name

Selwyn Norman Raab

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline

1934

New York County: Selwyn Norman Raab was born in Manhattan, New York, on June 26, 1934.

0000

New York County: Mr. Raab lived most of his life on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York.

1951

New York County: Mr. Raab graduated from Seward Park High School in Lower Manhattan, New York, in 1951.

1956

New York County: Mr. Raab received a bachelor’s degree in English from the City College of New York in 1956.

1967

Justice In The Back Room
World Publishing
Nonfiction.

1974

New York County: Mr. Raab began working for the New York Times in 1974 and continued working there for 26 years.

1994

Mob Lawyer: Including the Inside Account of Who Killed Jimmy Hoffa and JFK
Scribner
0684195682 / 978-0684195681
Nonfiction written with Frank Ragano.

2005

Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America’s Most Powerful Mafia Empires
Thomas Dunne Books
0312300948 / 978-0312300944
Nonfiction.

2025

New York County: Selwyn Raab died at New York-Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan, New York, on March 4, 2025.

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