J Richard Munro

J. Richard Munro, who as chief executive of Time Inc. navigated the company from its home in magazine publishing through the stormy media seas of the 1980s and ultimately to its momentous purchase of Warner Communications in 1989, creating the world’s largest media corporation, died on Aug. 11 2024 in Naples, Fla. He was 93. Munro was born on Jan. 26, 1931, in Syracuse, N.Y. His parents, Donald and Virginia (Danforth) Munro, divorced when he was about 5. He received a bachelor’s degree in English from Colgate University in 1957. Early in his career at Time, Mr. Munro met Carol Keeny, the secretary to one of his bosses. They married in 1963. In addition to their son Mac, she survives him, as do two other sons, John and Doug; six grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; and his brother, Bill. Mr. Munro retired from Time Inc. in 1990 after a decade as chief executive . He later served on several corporate and nonprofit boards.