Enid Nemy

Enid Nemy (born April 21, 1924)[1] is a retired Canadian-American reporter and columnist for The New York Times for many years.

[2] After retirement, she continued to pen the occasional obituary for such illustrissimi as Enid A. Haupt,[3] Bill Blass, Eugene Lang, Lucille Lortel, Betsey Whitney, Patricia Buckley, Leona Helmsley, Elaine Kaufman,[4] Larry Hagman, and Carol Channing, among others.

[5] Nemy reported from Southeast Asia and accompanied President and Mrs. Reagan in 1982 to the European Summit meeting, and in 1984 to China.

[6] Her affiliations have included: Nemy was married to S. Ralph Cohen, a vice-president of the Scandinavian Airlines System, until his death in 1983.

[7] Former colleague Clyde Haberman acknowledged Nemy's centenary on X on April 21, 2024, wishing her a happy 100th birthday.