Landon Y. Jones, who popularized the term ‘Baby Boomers,’ dies at 80
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Landon Y. Jones
Landon Y. Jones, who popularized the term ‘Baby Boomers,’ dies at 80
With his book ‘Great Expectations,’ he launched a generational shorthand. Later, as the top editor of People magazine, he helped create the celebrity-industrial complex. He wanted to call it “The Baby Boomers,” but his publisher said no. “No one knows what that means,” they told Lanny Jones. “It will confuse booksellers. They will shelve it under Child Care.” Instead, they called it “Great Expectations: America and the Baby Boom Generation.” Published in 1980, it was one of the early books to explore the past, present and future ramifications of the Americans born from 1946 through 1964. Jones called them “baby boomers,” a group that “is and will continue to be, the decisive generation in our history.”
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