Lou Reed
(1942-2013) Songwriter, singer. Lou Reed was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Amagansett, New York.
County: Nassau
Alan King
(1927-2004) Writer. Alan King was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York.
Walter H Stern
(1924-2013) Writer. Walter H. Stern was born in Frankfurt, Germany. He lived in Roslyn Harbor, New York.
Bernard Waber
(1921-2013) Author. Bernard Waber was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died in Baldwin, New York. He moved to New York in the mid-1950s where he worked for Life magazine for twenty years.
Ben Pleasants
(1940-2013) Poet, playwright. Ben Pleasants was born in Weehawken, New Jersey, and died Crescent City, California. He graduated from Hofstra University.
(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.
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.
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.