Terry Glover: Ebony managing editor (1955-2012)

Terry Glover, Ebony managing editor, dies at 57: Desiree Rogers, singer Mary J. Blige, Terry Glover and Mary's husband and manager Kendu Isaacs pose for photos at Le Passage in Chicago, Illinois. IMAGE

Getty Images: Raymond Boyd, Michael Ochs Archives, File. Terry Glover, Ebony managing editor, dies at 57: Desiree Rogers, singer Mary J. Blige, Terry Glover and Mary's husband and manager Kendu Isaacs pose for photos at Le Passage in Chicago, Illinois. IMAGE

12/28/12

Ebony magazine Managing Editor Terry Glover died of colon cancer on Monday.

CHICAGO — Terry Glover, the managing editor of Ebony magazine, has died of colon cancer at her Chicago home. She was 57.

Ebony announced on its website that Glover died on Monday. Her husband, Kendall Glover, told the Chicago Tribune that his wife had been fighting cancer for about two years.

Terry Glover joined Ebony in 2006 and was appointed managing editor in 2009 after serving as a senior editor for the website for three years.

Editor-in-Chief Amy DuBois Barnett said Glover was "the heart and soul" of the magazine's team and will be missed.

Ebony is published by Chicago-based Johnson Publishing Co.

Johnson Publishing Co. Chairwoman Linda Johnson Rice said Glover was passionate about her work and made innumerable contributions to Ebony.

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