A giant passes. I have (sort of) come to terms with Caro not outlasting his own writing process on the LBJ bio, but I somehow always hoped there would be a Gottlieb; every halfway-competent edit I have ever turned in owes something to his work. May his memory be for a blessing.

Robert Gottlieb, editor of literary heavyweights, dies at 92

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/06/14/robert-gottlieb-editor-of-robert-caro-and-other-literary-greats-dies/