
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, February 19, 1991                   TAG: 9102190421
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: EVENING 
SOURCE: The New York Times
DATELINE: NEW YORK                                LENGTH: Short

TRAVEL MAVEN EUGENE FODOR DIES AT AGE 85

Eugene Fodor, whose travel guides have been carried by tourists to the far corners of the world for more than half a century, died Monday night at the Charlotte Hungerford Hospital in Torrington, Conn. He was 85 and lived in Litchfield, Conn.

He died of a brain tumor, said a business associate, Robert Fisher.

Fodor's approach to travel writing was set forth in his first book, "1936 . . . On the Continent," a guide to Europe for British travelers that he published in London. The joy of travel, he wrote, should not be derived solely from seeing "the sights," but from mingling with "peoples whose customs, habits and general outlook are different from your own."

Between "On the Continent" and Fodor's retirement a decade ago, the number of Fodor guides grew to more than 140 titles, in many languages other than English. Roughly 200 million Fodor guides, published in the United States by Random House, are sold each year.

Fodor was born in Leva, Hungary, now part of Czechoslovakia.

by CNB