single line of Rangers' news until the ban was lifted." The Rangers promptly lifted the ban. Fischler later recalled, "Unfortunately, there aren't many editors like Max Kase around." In 1966, the New York Journal-American went out of business. Kase retired upon the publication of the paper's final edition on April 24, 1966. Later years and family After retiring from the New York Journal-American, Kase continued to write a column which was published in The Taxi News''. In 1969, Kase opened a pub called the "Briefkase" in Manhattan's Port Authority Bus Terminal. He later opened a second "Briefkase" pub near Madison Square Garden. Kase was a bachelor for much of his life. In June 1945, he married Kay Gallagher. Kase died in March 1974 at Yonkers General Hospital after suffering a heart attack at his home. He was 76 years old at the time of his death. References 1897 births 1974 deaths American newspaper editors Jewish American writers Writers from New York City Pulitzer Prize winners for journalism Sportswriters from New York (state) 20th-century American Jews