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County: Bronx

David Wisnia

(1926-2021) Author. David Wisnia was born in Sochaczew, Poland. Soon after arriving in the United States, he worked at a market in the Bronx, New York.

Joel Chadabe

(1938-2021) Author. Joel Chadabe was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Albany, New York. He published a book, “Electric Sound: The Past and Promise of Electronic Music.”

Eli Broad

(1933-2021) Businessman, philanthropist, author. Eli Broad was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California. He wrote a memoir, “The Art of Being Unreasonable: Lessons in Unconventional Thinking.”

John J. Sweeney

(1934-2021) Labor leader, memoirist. John J. Sweeney was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Bethesda, Maryland.

Kim Chernin

(1940-2020) Writer, poet, memoirist. Kim Chernin was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Marin County, California.

Gerald Shur

(1933-2020) Lawyer, author. Gerald Shur was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Warminster, Pennsylvania.

Adeline Leitzbach

(1884-1968) Playwright, screenwriter. Adeline Leitzbach was born in Buffalo, New York. She often used the pseudonym Adeline Hendricks.