Mr. Schecter joined Time magazine in the late 1950s and reported from across Asia, with postings in Hong Kong and Tokyo, before becoming Moscow bureau chief in 1968. After graduating from high school in the Bronx, Mr. Schecter enrolled at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where he worked on the campus newspaper with his future wife, Leona Protas. They married in 1954, the year Mr. Schecter graduated. AdvertisementAfter college, Mr. Schecter began working as a stringer for Time while serving in the Navy in Japan. Besides his wife, of Washington, survivors include five children, Evelind Schecter of Phrao, Thailand, Steven Schecter of Oakland, Calif., Kate Schecter of Washington, Doveen Schecter of Queens and Barnet Schecter of Manhattan; 10 grandchildren; and three great-granddaughters.
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