Democracy Dies in Darkness

Sol Stein, best-selling author who published James Baldwin and Che Guevara, dies at 92

September 28, 2019 at 2:27 p.m. EDT
In addition to publishing books by Jack Higgins and Marilyn Monroe, Sol Stein wrote nine novels. (Helayne Seidman for The Washington Post)

Sol Stein, a best-selling novelist who later developed software programs for writers but was perhaps best known as the publisher of major works by James Baldwin and Che Guevara, died Sept. 19 at his home in Tarrytown, N.Y. He was 92.

He died of complications from dementia, said his wife, Edith Shapiro.