Judy Magid, who wrote about Utah’s high society and her own family’s foibles in her 31 years at The Salt Lake Tribune, died Thursday at the age of 81.
Magid started at The Tribune in 1976, writing for what was then called the Lifestyle section. One of her earliest bylines, on Dec. 24, 1976, was about the growing popularity of squash and racquetball. That was followed days later by a story about a man who played a musical saw, and an observational story about carpooling to take kids to school.
“Picture it,” Magid wrote in her carpooling story.