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Steve Ostrow

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Steve Ostrow (1932-2024) Businessman, activist, memoirist. Steve Ostrow was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Sydney, Australia. He was known for founding the Continental Baths in Manhattan, New York.

Richard Gambino

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Richard Gambino (1939-2024) Author, educator. Richard Gambino was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Southampton, New York.

Edward Jay Epstein

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Edward Jay Epstein (1935-2024) Author. Edward Jay Epstein was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York. As a child, he lived in the Midwood neighborhood of Brooklyn and attended Midwood High School. He also lived in Rockville Centre, in Nassau County, New York, , and graduated from South Side High School.

Sol Yurick

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(1925-2013) Novelist. Sol Yurick was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Brooklyn, New York. He studied at New York University.

Norman Lear

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(1922-2023) Screenwriter. Norman Lear was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and died in Los Angeles, California.

Gerry Holzman

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(1933-2023) Master woodcarver, memoirist. Gerry Holzman was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Brunswick, Maine. He was known as the head carver and fund-raiser of the Empire State Carousel, now housed at the Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown, New York.

Robert S. Bennett

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(1939-2023) Attorney, author. Robert S. Bennett was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Washington, District of Columbia.