Cass Canfield, Jr., a long-time HarperCollins editor and publisher who joined the company in 1958 as assistant to the president and stayed in various capacities until his retirement in 2004, died Tuesday. He was 90. Among his many accomplishments, he launched Harper Colophon Books, a predecessor of Harper Perennial, in 1962. In a memo to staff, CEO Brian Murray wrote that "while there are many people at HarperCollins who remember Cass Jr. personally, all of us will remember him for his great contributions to our company’s legacy."
