Source

Ralph Morse, Photojournalist in War and Space, Dies at 97

Weber, Bruce The New York Times 2014 Tier 3 Unverified Accessed 2026-04-24 View source ↗

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 verified: false pending Chrome-session verification.
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