Source
Ralph Morse, Photojournalist in War and Space, Dies at 97
Citation
Weber, Bruce. “Ralph Morse, Photojournalist in War and Space, Dies at 97.” The New York Times, December 2014. Obituary.
Relevance
Named-author obituary of record for Ralph Morse (1917–2014), LIFE magazine photographer, whose print appears at plate #13 of The Family of Man (Lovers). Source for the biographical dates in pher-ralph-morse.
Key excerpts / pages
- Birth: 1917, the Bronx, New York.
- Death: December 7, 2014, Delray Beach, Florida.
- Career summary notes his thirty-year tenure at LIFE, World War II combat coverage, and his reportage on the Mercury Seven astronauts.
Notes
- Perspective: journalistic / biographical.
- Re-verification 2026-04-24 (issue #9): NYT archive 403/paywalled; Wayback not attempted for this specific URL in this round. No alternative source was fetched for Morse this round (the LIFE Photo Collection on Google Arts & Culture is cited in secondary literature but was NOT consulted in this round). Flagged
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