Personal Life
In 1960 Sheehy married Albert Sheehy. Together they had one daughter. They divorced in 1968. In 1984 Sheehy married editor and mentor Clay Felker, with whom she adopted a Cambodian child. Felker passed away in 2008. Sheehy currently lives in New York City.
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