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Mimi Sheraton

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(1926-2023) Writer, critic. Mimi Sheraton was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York. She was The New York Times’s food and restaurant critic from 1976 to 1983.

Norm Fruchter

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(1937-2023) Novelist, writer, filmmaker, academic. Norm Fruchter was born in Camden, New Jersey, and died in Brooklyn, New York.

John Corry

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(1933-2022) Reporter, critic. John Corry was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York.

Jay Goldberg

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(1933-2022) Lawyer, memoirist. Jay Goldberg was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Bridgehampton, New York.

Stuart Namm

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(1933-2022) Judge, author. Stuart Namm was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Charleston, South Carolina.

Lenny Lipton

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(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.