Though he died at 31, he was considered one of the most influential journalists of the twenties, a master innovator[citation needed] and stylist, and an iconic figure of the Jazz Age.

[2] In its earliest years the magazine was edited in an abandoned beer brewery, subsequently moving to Cleveland in 1925, and returning to New York in 1927.

He died two months later, most likely of streptococcus viridans, which had entered his bloodstream, causing sepsis and ultimately the failure of his heart.

Before he died, Hadden signed a will, which left all of his stock in Time Inc. to his mother and forbade his family from selling those shares for 49 years.

Throughout his life, Luce repeatedly claimed credit for Hadden's ideas in public speeches and in Time magazine.

[3] Luce presided over the growth of the Time-Life empire, and donated funds towards the construction of a building at 202 York Street in New Haven, Connecticut, that would eventually become the Yale Daily News' new home.