Calvin Fixx, born Calvin Henry Fix, was an American journalist and editor, lifelong friend of Robert Cantwell and friend of Whittaker Chambers, both fellow editors at Time magazine.
13 Facts About Calvin Fixx
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Calvin Fixx was born Calvin Henry Fix in Lyman, Idaho, on August 1,1906, the son of Henry Martin Fix and Maggie Priscilla Smith Fix.
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Calvin Fixx had two brothers, Ford and Harley, and a sister, Georgia.
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Calvin Fixx attended high school in Aberdeen, Washington, where he began a lifelong friendship with Robert Cantwell.
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Calvin Fixx took a part-time job in a Greenwich Village bookshop and wrote freelance book reviews.
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Calvin Fixx took other jobs, such as secretary to author Lyle Saxon.
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In 1940, William Saroyan lists Calvin Fixx among "contributing editors" at Time in Saroyan's play, Love's Old Sweet Song.
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On October 31,1930, Calvin Fixx married Marlys Virginia Fuller of Detroit, Michigan, a graduate of the 1929 class at Northwestern University.
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When son Jim Calvin Fixx died, he left his estate to her, worth several million dollars.
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Calvin Fixx died age 43 on March 3,1950, of a second heart attack, in an Atlantic City hospital.
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Calvin Fixx is buried in Carmel, New York, in the Loudonsville Cemetery, in Putnam County, New York.
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Calvin Fixx's death helped take away all motivation in Cantwell to write.
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Calvin Fixx was in charge of novelist Sloan Wilson when Wilson joined Time.