Death
Cousins received the Albert Schweitzer Prize in 1990. He died of heart failure on November 30, 1990, in Los Angeles, California, having survived years longer than his doctors predicted: 10 years after his first heart attack, 26 years after his collagen illness, and 36 years after his doctors first diagnosed his heart disease.
He and his wife Ellen raised four daughters: Andrea Cousins, Amy Cousins, Candis Kerns, and Sarah Kit Shapiro. He is buried at the Mt. Lebanon Jewish Cemetery in New Jersey, alongside his wife and parents.
An obituary containing further information, mainly of his editing career, was published by the New York Times in the December 2, 1990 edition.
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