Tomas Alexander Tizon
(1959-2017) Reporter, memoirist. Alex Tizon was born in Manila and died in Eugene, Oregon.
County: Bronx
William Melvin Kelley
(1937-2017) Novelist. William Melvin Kelley was born on Staten Island and died in Manhattan, New York.
Lev Navrozov
(1928-2017) Translator. Lev Navrozov was born in Moscow and died in Brooklyn, New York.
Mildred Spiewak Dresselhaus
(1930-2017) Author. Mildred Dresselhaus was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She was a co-author of several books.
Jerome Joseph Tuccille
(1937-2017) Author. Jerome Tuccille was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Severna Park, Maryland.
Jack Greenberg
(1924-2016) Author. Jack Greenberg was born in New York City and died in Manhattan, New York.
Garry Marshall
(1934-2016) Writer. Garry Marshall was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Burbank, California. He wrote scripts for many television shows including “Make Room for Daddy,” “The Lucy Show,” and “The Dick Van Dyke Show.”
Milt Gross
(1895-1953) Cartoonist, author. Milt Gross was born in the Bronx, New York, and died aboard the Pacific Ocean liner SS Monterey.
Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor
(1937-2016) Author. Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor was born in Fairfax, South Carolina, and died in the Bronx, New York. She lived in New York and was author of the book, “Vibration Cooking or, The Travel Notes of a Geechee Girl.”
Stanley Meisler
(1931-2016) Stanley Meisler was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Washington, District of Columbia.