Last Cover Picture Of Life Magazine. 'Walter Mitty' and the LIFE Magazine Covers That Never Were To mark the milestone anniversary, the Daily News looks back at its iconic covers, dating back to its debut on Nov Since then, Life has transitioned to irregularly publishing "special" issues
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The covers are stirring, iconic — and, for the most part, they're fake While the legend of Marilyn Monroe will always be closely associated with LIFE—her first cover shoot for the magazine, in April 1952, made by the great Philippe Halsman, remains one of the most famous and collectible covers in the history of the magazine—it might surprise some people to learn how seldom she actually appeared in the magazine itself.
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The cover of the final issue of Life magazine's original weekly run featured the titles "The Year In Pictures 1972" and "Special Double Issue." The words appeared in white against a black background containing a random listing of words in red, including "Olympics," "Godfather" and "Peace" in assorted typeface. S electing a mere 10 covers from the more than 2,000 issues that graced LIFE magazine through the years might seem like an impossible task The pictures on the covers in this gallery, for example—the launch of Apollo 11; Jayne Mansfield luxuriating in a swimming pool; a theater audience watching the first-ever 3-D feature-length film—are, indisputably, classic LIFE.
LIFE Magazine 10 Iconic Covers From the Famed Weekly. S electing a mere 10 covers from the more than 2,000 issues that graced LIFE magazine through the years might seem like an impossible task This weekend, Life is ending its run -- but not without leaving us with an incredibly rich diary of.
'Walter Mitty' and the LIFE Magazine Covers That Never Were. A new book looks at iconic pictures that shaped how we view a nation, writes Aida Amoako. April 21, 2007 — -- For generations of Americans, Life magazine was a window to the world