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Iris Apfel

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Iris Apfel (1921-2024) Interior designer, author. Iris Apfel was born in Queens, New York, and died in Palm Beach, Florida.

Brooke Ellison

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Brooke Ellison (1978-2024) Academic, author. Brooke Ellison was born in Rockville Centre, New York, and died in Stony Brook, New York. She taught at Stony Brook University.

David Kahn

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David Kahn (1930-2024) Historian, journalist, author. David Kahn was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in the Bronx, New York.

Don Murray

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Don Murray (1929-2024) Actor, screenwriter. Don Murray was born in Hollywood, California, and died near Santa Barbara, California.  He lived in East Rockaway on Long Island, New York, for a time.

Larry Fink

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(1941-2023) Photographer, author. Larry Fink was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Martins Creek, Pennsylvania.

Guy Stern

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(1922-2023) Scholar, author. Guy Stern was born in Hildesheim, Germany, and died in West Bloomfield, Michigan. He studied at Hofstra College and Columbia University and wrote a memoir.

Michael Cimino

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(1939-2016) Screenwriter, author. Michael Cimino was born in New York City and died in Los Angeles, California.

Colette Rossant

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(1932-2023) Author, critic, memoirist. Colette Rossant was born in Paris, France, and died in Normandy, France. She lived in New York from 1955 until 2002.

Louise Glück

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(1943-2023) Poet. Louise Glück was born in New York City and died in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the Nobel Prize for Literature. She was the United States poet laureate from 2003 to 2004.