Deirdre McSharry obituary
Editor of Cosmopolitan in its 1970s heyday when it was famous for addressing women’s careers, health and their sex lives Deirdre McSharry, who has died aged 94, edited Cosmopolitan in the magazine’s golden era. As fashion editor when the UK magazine launched in 1972, within a year she was elevated to the top spot. Under McSharry, “Cosmo” was witty and forthright, addressing women’s careers, style, health and, notorio
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- #3151
- First seen
- 26 Aug 2026, 16:29 UTC
- Last checked
- 27 Aug 2026, 05:15 UTC
- Version history
- 1 version
- Current fingerprint
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Publisher layer
Recorded article metadata
- Publisher
- The Guardian
- Country
- England / United Kingdom
- Source published
- 26 Aug 2026, 16:10 UTC
- Source updated
- No update timestamp supplied
- Byline
- Hettie Judah
- Section
- Magazines
Editor of Cosmopolitan in its 1970s heyday when it was famous for addressing women’s careers, health and their sex lives Deirdre McSharry, who has died aged 94, edited Cosmopolitan in the magazine’s golden era. As fashion editor when the UK magazine launched in 1972, within a year she was elevated to the top spot. Under McSharry, “Cosmo” was witty and forthright, addressing women’s careers, style, health and, notorio
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Deirdre McSharry obituary
Editor of Cosmopolitan in its 1970s heyday when it was famous for addressing women’s careers, health and their sex lives Deirdre McSharry, who has died aged 94, edited Cosmopolitan in the magazine’s golden era. As fashion editor when the UK magazine launched in 1972, within a year she was elevated to the top spot. Under McSharry, “Cosmo” was witty and forthright, addressing women’s careers, style, health and, notorio
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Evidence layer
Capture provenance
- Capture ID
- #2816
- Observed
- 26 Aug 2026, 16:29 UTC
- HTTP result
- 200 / parsed
- Raw payload
- 486,420 bytes, private gzip evidence
- Collector
- news-ledger/0.1
- Public boundary
- metadata and excerpt