Bigger Smaller?". He was also recognized at the National Magazine Awards. A resident of Brooklyn, Welles died at age 72 on June 19, 2010, due to complications of Alzheimer's disease, while at a nursing home in Salisbury, Connecticut. He was survived by his second wife, the former Nancy Leiserson, as well as by three children from his first marriage and seven grandchildren. References 1937 births 2010 deaths American adoptees American male journalists Journalists from New York City Deaths from dementia in Connecticut Deaths from Alzheimer's disease People from Brooklyn Princeton University alumni Gerald Loeb Award winners for Magazines United States Navy officers