Editing Jason Epstein (section)

== Personal life==
Epstein married [[Barbara Epstein|Barbara Zimmerman]] in 1954.  They met while working at Doubleday, and their fathers knew each other.<ref name="NYT obit" />  Together, they had two children: Jacob and Helen.  The couple divorced in 1990.  Three years later, he married [[Judith Miller (journalist)|Judith Miller]], a reporter for ''[[The New York Times]]'' and daughter of impresario [[Bill Miller (impresario)|Bill Miller]].  They remained married until his death.<ref name="NYT obit" /><ref name="WP obit" />

Epstein died on February 4, 2022, at his home in [[Sag Harbor, New York]].  He was 93, and suffered from [[congestive heart failure]] prior to his death.<ref name="NYT obit" /><ref name="WP obit" />