WWD editor Etta Froio, credited with the paper's rise, dies at 94

Etta Froio, who spent 54 years at Women's Wear Daily and its sister title W as senior vice president, executive editor and associate publisher of Fairchild Publications, died on 11 June at 94 in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, after a long battle with Alzheimer's. Fairchild chairman John B. Fairchild said: "Women's Wear Daily would never have gotten off the old ground if it hadn't been for Etta and the other ladies of the crew." A memorial service is set for 24 September at Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel, 1076 Madison Avenue, New York.