Former New York Times executive editor Max Frankel, a Jewish man who fled Nazi Germany during World War II, died on Sunday at the age of 94, the outlet reported.

The editor's cause of death was not immediately clear, but he died at his home in Manhattan. 

Frankel began his tenure at The Times as the Columbia University campus correspondent at the age of 19. He went on to spend four decades at the newspaper, where he rose to executive editor from 1986 to 1994. During the 40-year stint, he won a Pulitzer for international reporting, for his coverage of former President Richard Nixon’s visit to China.

He is survived by his wife, Joyce Purnick, a former reporter and editor at The Times, his three children and six grandchildren.

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