BRUCE LEE

LEE--Bruce. Bruce died peacefully on October 14, 2022 aged 91 in New York City. Beloved husband of Janetta M. Lee, loving father of Evalyn B. Lee and Bruce H. Lee, proud grandfather of the late Andrew H. Lee, Thomas F. Lee, Lucy G. Bacon and Duncan R. Bacon. Bruce graduated from Rollins College and Fordham University. Prior to his distinguished career as a book editor and author specializing in military history, he first started work as a copy boy at the Daily News, then worked in every department at Newsweek until it was sold to the Washington Post. Bruce was then hired by the Reader's Digest, where he was the White House Correspondent and covered the Hill and Defense. He became the researcher and editor for Cornelius Ryan and James Michener. He also founded and created the Reader's Digest Press where he was Editor in Chief. Owing to restructuring, he left the Reader's Digest to work on creating important non-fiction books first for McGraw Hill and then William Morrow. There, he edited the Pulitzer Prize winner, Bearing the Cross, the Biography of Martin Luther King Jr. by David Garrow. When he retired from publishing, Bruce wrote two important books on military history namely Pearl Harbor: Final Judgment with Henry Clausen and Marching Orders: The Untold Story of World War II. The latter involved some 30 years of research, including studying numerous pages of records from the Army archives and interviewing many veterans from the 12th Army and other units. He also served as Chairman of the Board for his family business LDG INC. Bruce loved to sail and fish. He was a member of The Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, The Royal Northern and Clyde, the New York Yacht Club and The Royal Yacht Squadron. He served on the US Olympic Committee (Yachting), when the US won a gold medal in the 1972 Olympics. Bruce loved to race his 35-foot boat Wissahickon, a McCurdy & Rhodes Design, on Long Island Sound. In 1998, he was pleased that Wissahickon tied with the Admiral's Cup boat, Blue Yankee for first place in the YRA Season Championship. When he gave up racing, he enjoyed cruising in his Jarvis Newman lobster boat, Canard. Bruce was very proud to sponsor the Lee Family Trophy which celebrated 17 years over Columbus Day weekend. A Thanksgiving Service for Bruce's life is being planned to take place later this year at Christ Church in Oyster Bay. Donations in Bruce's memory may be made to DrivenToCure.org