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Elbert Clifton Daniel, Jr. (September 19, 1912 – February 21, 2000) was an American newspaperman who was the managing editor of The New York Times from 1964 to 1969. Before assuming the top editorial job at the paper, he served as the paper's London and Moscow bureau chief.

Daniel was married to former United States President Harry S. Truman's daughter, Margaret on April 21, 1956, at Trinity Episcopal Church in Independence, Missouri. The couple resided in Washington, D.C., and New York City.

Biography

Daniel was born to Elbert Clifton Daniel, the mayor and druggist of Zebulon, North Carolina, and Elvah T. Jones Daniel in 1912. Having heart disease, Clifton Daniel suffered a stroke and succumbed on February 21, 2000, at his Park Avenue apartment in Manhattan, aged 87.

He and his wife Margaret, who died in January 2008, had four sons. His 41-year-old son William Wallace Daniel followed his father in death a little over six months later on September 4, 2000, after being hit by a taxicab in Manhattan.

Daniel appeared as a contestant on the July 15, 1956, episode of What's My Line?, and as a guest panelist on the June 16, 1957, episode.

References

1. Bob Callan (September 2, 1964). "Our World Today". The Irving Daily News Texan. Irving, Texas. p. 1. Retrieved June 23, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
2. Pace, Eric (February 22, 2000). "Clifton Daniel, a Managing Editor Who Set a Writerly, Courtly Tone In Shaping The Times, Dies at 87". The New York Times. p. 3. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
3. Pace, Eric (February 22, 2000). "Clifton Daniel, a Managing Editor Who Set a Writerly, Courtly Tone In Shaping The Times, Dies at 87". The New York Times. p. 1. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
4. "Hit by Cab, a Grandson of Harry Truman dies". The New York Times. September 6, 2000. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
5. What's My Line? (December 21, 2013), What's My Line? - Ted Lewis; Jack E. Leonard & Margaret Truman [panel] (Jul 15, 1956), archived from the original on December 13, 2021, retrieved May 14, 2017
6. What's My Line? - Peggy Lee; Clifton Daniel (panel) (Jun 16, 1957)

External links

• Oral History Interview with E. Clifton Daniel - The Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
• Obituary of Clifton Daniel - The New York Times
• A film clip "The Open Mind - About the Presidency (1984)" is available for viewing at the Internet Archive
• Clifton Daniel papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.

• 1912 births
• 2000 deaths
• Truman family
• People from the Upper East Side
• The New York Times editors
• People from Zebulon, North Carolina
• Missouri Democrats
• New York (state) Democrats
• 20th-century American male writers
• Managing editors