for the two winters before his death. He died on September 22, 1933, at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, from a lung hemorrhage. He was 60 years old. His body was found by casting director Ben Piazza and the editor of Daily Variety, Arthur Ungar, who suffered a mild heart attack on finding the body. His funeral was held at Congregation Emanu-El of New York on September 28, 1933. His son Sidne Silverman, known as Sid or "Skigie", succeeded him as publisher of both publications. His grandson Syd became the third publisher of Variety. Silverman was the subject of a biography by Dayton Stoddart in 1941. References Further reading Variety (magazine) people Variety (magazine) editors 20th-century American newspaper founders 20th-century American newspaper publishers (people) 1873 births 1933 deaths People from Cortland, New York Journalists from New York (state) Jewish American journalists Silverman family