The Life and Death of George Story

Life magazine helped George Story become well-known from the beginning. The inaugural edition of Life magazine was released on November 23, 1936. The first image in that first edition was of a doctor giving birth to a child. The caption, which cleverly played off the title of the magazine, read "Life begins." George Story was the child.

Life would revisit that photograph and check in on George throughout the years. The man spent some time working as a journalist after growing up. In 2000, Life magazine ceased to be published. They planned to add one last image of George with the tagline "A Life ends" in their final issue. Story fell away from congestive heart failure two days before the photographers arrived to capture the last pictures.