Norm Fruchter
(1937-2023) Novelist, writer, filmmaker, academic. Norm Fruchter was born in Camden, New Jersey, and died in Brooklyn, New York.
County: Kings
Ginny Redington Dawes
(1945-2022) Songwriter, author. Ginny Redington Dawes was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York.
John Corry
(1933-2022) Reporter, critic. John Corry was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York.
Jay Goldberg
(1933-2022) Lawyer, memoirist. Jay Goldberg was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Bridgehampton, New York.
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.
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.
Jim Florio
(1937-2022) Politician, author. Jim Florio was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Voorhees, New Jersey.