Mark Singer: key obituary facts
Is Mark Singer dead? Yes. Mark Singer died on June 19, 2026, at age 75.
Cause of death: Mark Singer's cause of death was reported as salivary gland cancer.
What was Mark Singer known for?
He was known as American journalist.
More about Mark Singer
Born: 19 October 1950.
Gender: male.
Occupation: writer.
Education: Yale University.
Also known as: Mark Jay Singer.
Occupations: Journalist, author.
Mark Singer, an American journalist and staff writer at The New Yorker, died on June 19, 2026, at age 75 of complications from salivary gland cancer.
Known professionally as Mark Jay Singer, he was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on October 19, 1950, and graduated from Yale University with a bachelor’s degree in 1972. He joined the magazine’s staff in 1974 and later expanded reporting for books including Funny Money, about the collapse of the Penn Square Bank, and Citizen K: The Deeply Weird American Journey of Brett Kimberlin.