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More Magazine Founder Richard Pollak Passes Away at 91

1/7/2026

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Richard Pollak, founding editor of More magazine, died December 27 in Stockholm at age 91, confirmed by his wife Diane Walsh in hospice care.
Pollak and his wife relocated to Sweden in May to be near family.
More magazine, launched in 1971, critiqued media coverage of the Vietnam War and the Nixon administration, and it was founded by J. Anthony Lukas, who believed journalism needed review amid social upheaval.

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Richard Pollak, founding editor of More magazine, died December 27 in Stockholm at age 91, confirmed by his wife Diane Walsh in hospice care.
Pollak and his wife relocated to Sweden in May to be near family.
More magazine, launched in 1971, critiqued media coverage of the Vietnam War and the Nixon administration, and it was founded by J. Anthony Lukas, who believed journalism needed review amid social upheaval.