Robert Gottlieb, literary editor of Toni Morrison and Robert Caro, dies at 92

Robert Gottlieb, the inspired and eclectic literary editor whose brilliant career was launched with Joseph Heller’s 'Catch-22' and continued for decades with such Pulitzer Prize-winning classics as Toni Morrison's 'Beloved' and Robert Caro's 'The Power Broker,' has died at age 92. - AP

Robert Gottlieb, the inspired and eclectic literary editor whose brilliant career was launched with Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 and continued for decades with such Pulitzer Prize-winning classics as Toni Morrison's Beloved and Robert Caro's The Power Broker, has died at age 92.

Gottlieb died on June 14 of natural causes at a New York hospital, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group announced.