Al Cohn Obituary, Death – According to his family, Al Cohn, a longtime writer for Newsday and the editor of the People page, passed away on Saturday after a short battle with sickness. He was best known for his interviews with some of the most famous people of the 1970s and 1980s. He was 84. Cohn worked for Newsday for a total of 41 years, during which time he wrote features, sports stories, and was the editor of the People page for a period of 12 years. The boxing champion Muhammad Ali, the movie legend Cary Grant, the Broadway singer Ethel Merman, and Rachel Robinson, the widow of his childhood idol, baseball legend Jackie Robinson, were some of the people he interviewed for the feature “The LI Interview” that appeared in the Sunday edition of Newsday’s magazine. Other subjects included Ethel Merman.
Meryl Cohn, who has been married to Cohn for the past 51 years, stated that her husband was devoted to his work at Newsday because he enjoyed it so much. Tony Insolia, a former editor at Newsday, has fond memories of Al Cohn and describes him as “a solid reporter and a good writer who loved the craft.” According to his family, Al Cohn, a longtime writer for Newsday and the editor of the People page, passed away on Saturday after a short battle with illness. He was best known for his interviews with some of the most famous people of the 1970s and 1980s. He was 84. Cohn worked for Newsday for a total of 41 years, during which time he wrote features, sports stories, and was the editor of the People page for a period of 12 years.
The boxing champion Muhammad Ali, the movie legend Cary Grant, the Broadway singer Ethel Merman, and Rachel Robinson, the widow of his childhood idol, baseball legend Jackie Robinson, were some of the people he interviewed for the feature “The LI Interview” that appeared in the Sunday edition of Newsday’s magazine. Other subjects included Ethel Merman. Meryl Cohn, who has been married to Cohn for the past 51 years, stated that her husband was devoted to his work at Newsday because he enjoyed it so much. Tony Insolia, a former editor at Newsday, has fond memories of Al Cohn and describes him as “a solid reporter and a good writer who loved the craft.”
