(John) McCandlish Phillips Jr
(1927-2013) Writer. McCandlish Phillips was born in Glen Cove, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York. He worked at The New York Times from 1952 to 1973.
County: Nassau
Shadow Morton
(1941-2013) Songwriter. Shadow Morton was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Laguna Beach, California.
C. Everett Koop
(1916-2013) Author. C. Everett Koop was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Hanover, New Hampshire.
Walter James Miller
(1918-2010) Critic, playwright, poet, translator. Walter James Miller was born in McKee City, New Jersey.
Hal Kanter
(1918-2011) Writer. Hal Kanter was born in Savannah, Georgia, and died in Encino, California. He was a creator of the “Julia” television series.
Anne McCaffrey
(1926-2011) Author. Anne McCaffrey was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and died in County Wicklow, Ireland. Ms. McCaffrey’s family moved to Sea Cliff, Long Island, in 1965, and lived there for a time.
Susan Fromberg Schaeffer
(1940-2011) Novelist. Susan Fromberg Schaeffer was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Chicago, Illinois.
Dick Wimmer
(1936-2011) Writer. Dick Wimmer was born in New York City and died in Agoura Hills, California.
William Allen Rusher
(1923-2011) Author. William Rusher was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in San Francisco, California. He attended schools on Long Island and in New York City.
Ellie Greenwich
(1940-2009) Songwriter. Ellie Greenwich was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York. She wrote or co-wrote many songs, including “Be My Baby,” “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home),” “Da Doo Ron Ron,” “Leader of the Pack,” “Do Wah Diddy Diddy,” and “River Deep, Mountain High.”