Sylvester Stein, who has died aged 95, always gave the impression of sailing through life with effortless ease. In his time he edited the South African magazine Drum; was a founding figure of direct marketing in Britain; and sprinted to a gold medal at the world masters athletics championships – the veterans’ Olympics.
Son of Lily (Rolnick) and Philip Stein, Sylvester was born in Cape Town. His father was a maths professor, and he enjoyed a privileged upbringing in a Jewish home in Durban, with a sojourn in 1926 in Cambridge, where Philip was completing a doctorate. After qualifying as an engineer, Sylvester enlisted in the South African navy during the second world war.
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