Editing Irving Howe (section)

==Personal life and death==
After marriages to Anna Bader, Thalia Phillies, and Arien Mack ended in divorce, Howe married Ilana Wiener, who co-edited the anthology ''Short Shorts'' with him. From his marriage to Phillies, a classicist, he had two children, Nina and [[Nicholas Howe|Nicholas]] (1953-2006).<ref name = Wisse>{{cite news|url = https://mosaicmagazine.com/observation/israel-zionism/2019/03/contention-or-my-disputes-with-irving-howe-yiddish-academia-and-holocaust-memorials/|title = Contention; or, My Disputes with Irving Howe, Yiddish Academia, and Holocaust Memorials|last = Wisse|first = Ruth R.|authorlink = Ruth Wisse|date = March 27, 2019|access-date = August 20, 2024|magazine = [[Mosaic (magazine)|Mosaic]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=In Memoriam: Nicholas Howe |year=2006 |url=http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/senate/inmemoriam/nicholashowe.htm|publisher=[[University of California]] |access-date=January 12, 2013 |archive-date=November 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111075415/http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/senate/inmemoriam/nicholashowe.htm}}</ref><ref name = Rosenheim>{{cite news |title = Obituary: Irving Howe |url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-irving-howe-2321405.html|last = Rosenheim|first = Andrew|date = May 6, 1993 |access-date = August 20, 2024 |newspaper = [[The Independent]]}}</ref>

Howe died from [[cardiovascular disease]] at [[Mount Sinai Hospital (Manhattan)|Mount Sinai Hospital]] in [[Manhattan]] on May 5, 1993, at the age of 72.<ref name=NYT>
Bernstein, Richard (May 6, 1993). [https://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/06/obituaries/irving-howe-72-critic-editor-and-socialist-dies.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm "Irving Howe, 72, Critic, Editor and Socialist, Dies"]. Page D22. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved January 27, 2012.</ref>