Lawrence Minard; Writer and Editor at Forbes for 27 Years
Lawrence “Laury” Minard, 51, the London-based editor of Forbes Global magazine, died Thursday, apparently of a heart attack, on a guided ascent of Mt. Rainier in Washington.
The death occurred as the group of about 25 climbers and guides ascended Disappointment Cleaver, a rocky outcrop beside the Emmons Glacier and one of the steepest parts of the most popular route to the 14,411-foot summit.
Minard said he was having trouble breathing, asked to unclip from the climbing rope and sat down.
“Within a couple of minutes, he stopped breathing,” said Peter Whittaker, operations manager of Rainier Mountaineering.
A native of Seattle, Minard joined Forbes in 1974 and became special correspondent in Asia in 1978, European bureau chief in London in 1979, and West Coast and Asia bureau chief in 1983. He was appointed assistant managing editor of Forbes in 1985, deputy managing editor in 1987 and managing editor in 1989.
He was appointed editor of Forbes Global when it was launched in September 1997, and often wrote its “Sidelines” column.
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