Sylvester Stein

Writer and athlete who edited the South African magazine Drum and launched several fitness magazines

Sylvester Stein, who has died aged 95, always gave the impression of sailing through life with effortless ease. In his time he edited the South African magazine Drum; was a founding figure of direct marketing in Britain; and sprinted to a gold medal at the world masters athletics championships – the veterans’ Olympics.

Son of Lily (Rolnick) and Philip Stein, Sylvester was born in Cape Town. His father was a maths professor, and he enjoyed a privileged upbringing in a Jewish home in Durban, with a sojourn in 1926 in Cambridge, where Philip was completing a doctorate. After qualifying as an engineer, Sylvester enlisted in the South African navy during the second world war.

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