in the basement; a diffident Andy Warhol bowing and scraping to Epstein; John O'Hare showing off his Rolls-Royce in the courtyard; and Ralph Ellison smoking a cigar in Epstein's office and using his hands to explain "how Thelonious Monk developed his chords." E.L. Doctorow's Billy Bathgate was decidated to Epstein. Personal life Epstein married Barbara Zimmerman in 1954. They met while working at Doubleday, and their fathers knew each other. Together, they had two children: Jacob and Helen. The couple divorced in 1990. Three years later, he married Judith Miller, a reporter for The New York Times and daughter of impresario Bill Miller. They remained married until his death. 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. References External links "Jason Epstein '49 Looks Back – and Ahead", Alumni Profile, columbia.edu. Jacob Epstein |The New York Review of Books – bibliography of contributed articles Interview with Charlie Rose on e-books and the future of publishing'', January 4, 2001 Interview with Charlie Rose about Eating: A Memoir, January 11, 2010 1928 births 2022 deaths Writers from Cambridge, Massachusetts American information and reference writers American male journalists Jewish American journalists American publishers (people) Columbia College (New York) alumni The New York Review of Books Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni 21st-century American Jews