Founding editor of Green Living, Gardening Life, Owl and Chickadee dies suddenly

Mary Anne Brinckman, founding editor and editor-in-chief of Green Living magazine, died on December 31 of a heart attack while snorkelling in the Dominican Republic. Her friend of 60 years, Michael de Pencier,chairman of Key Publishers Co. Ltd. and director of Green Living Enterprises, wrote a touching and revealing tribute on the Green Living website which we thought was worth reprinting:I