Jay Goldberg
(1933-2022) Lawyer, memoirist. Jay Goldberg was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Bridgehampton, New York.
County: Kings
Stuart Namm
(1933-2022) Judge, author. Stuart Namm was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Charleston, South Carolina.
Lenny Lipton
(1940-2022) Author, lyricist. Lenny Lipton was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California. He wrote the poem on which the song, “Puff the Magic Dragon,” was based.
Jim Florio
(1937-2022) Politician, author. Jim Florio was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Voorhees, New Jersey.
Helen Evans Brown
(1904-1964) Cookbook author. Helen Evans Brown was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Pasadena, California.
Dr. Vincent DiMaio
(1941-2022) Pathologist, author. Dr. Vincent DiMaio was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in San Antonio, Texas.
Margaret Wise Brown
(1910-1952) Writer. Margaret Wise Brown was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Nice, France.
Walter Brenner
(1923-2017) Professor, author. Walter Brenner was born in Vienna, Austria, and died in New Jersey.
Howard Slusher
(1937-2022) Sports agent, author. Howard Slusher was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, and died in Portland, Oregon. As a child, he lived in Brooklyn, New York.
Peter Straub
(1943-2022) Author. Peter Straub was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and died in Manhattan, New York.