Simon & Schuster CEO Carolyn Reidy dies at 71

Simon & Schuster President and CEO Carolyn Reidy died suddenly yesterday after experiencing a heart attack. She was 71. Reidy joined the company in 1992 and worked with authors ranging from Pulitzer Prize winners Doris Kearns Goodwin and Frank McCourt to bestselling novelists Mary Higgins Clark and Stephen King to newsmakers and experts Hillary Rodham Clinton and Dr. Mehmet Oz. Dennis Eulau, Simon & Schuster executive vice president of operations and chief financial officer, said Reidy was attentive…