Frederik Pohl died. The New York Times hedder was: Frederik Pohl, Worldly-Wise Master of Science Fiction, Dies at 93, and the first paragraph of his obit, by Gerald Jonas, follows.

Mr. Pohl, who grew up in Brooklyn, edited magazines and books before finding renown as a writer. Perhaps the most famous of his novels was “The Space Merchants.”
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My late husband Jay, before I knew him, was married to Carole. They had a daughter, Karen, but Jay did not raise her. Soon after Karen was born, Jay and Carole divorced and Carole married Frederik Pohl. Fred adopted Karen and she went through life with his name.

As the years passed, an earlier alienation ended and we were often guests at the Red Bank, NJ home of Carole and Fred and I grew to know Karen. Then they sent her to school in England to separate her from what they thought was an unwholesome crowd she was involved with. That effort apparently succeeded as Karen became more worldly and avoided some of the shallower aspects of growing up in this country that often plagues our young.

We went to Karen’s wedding and that is the last time I saw her. Subsequently she and her husband divorced. He committed suicide. I was in touch with Karen in 1993 when Jay died, but she was not inclined to form a relationship. I guess she had her reasons. But after that I did try to reach her but could never find her. She would now be in her late 50s, which is hard to believe.

I also wrote to Fred but he never answered. I am nonplused that people can be so dismissive, but they are.

Fred and Carole subsequently divorced and Carol remarried and moved to Canada. Carole was 10 years older than me, so I guess it is possible she is gone too. Fred also remarried and was living in Palatine, Illinois when he died.
I’m sorry everything happened the way it did. I wanted to continue a relationship with Jay’s only daughter. She had his look with a hint of his Iroquois heritage -- just beautiful. But it was not to be. I don’t know where she is now but I might try to find her through Fred’s agent.

xx, Teal