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Gottlieb edited novels by, among many others, Toni Morrison, Joseph Heller, Ray Bradbury; memoirs by former President Bill Clinton and Katharine Graham, the former publisher of The Washington Post
He died of natural causes on Wednesday at a New York hospital, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group said.
One of the greatest literary editors in modern times, Robert Gottlieb, has died
Gottlieb, who was 92, helped shape the work of many of the world's greatest writers over the past six decades.
Gottlieb, whose work helped shape the modern publishing canon, edited fiction by future Nobel laureates, spy novels by John le Carré, essays by Nora Ephron and Caro's nonfiction epics.