Dennis Peron
(1946-2018) Author. Dennis Peron was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in San Francisco, California.
County: Nassau
Donald Bain
(1935-2017) Donald Bain was born in Mineola, New York, and died in White Plains, New York.
Terry Laughlin
(1951-2017) Author. Terry Laughlin was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Albany, New York.
Carolyn Raphael
Carolyn Raphael is the poetry coordinator for the village of Great Neck Plaza in her hometown, Great Neck, New York, where she supervises an annual poetry contest. She also places poems on local bulletin boards, much as “Poetry in Motion” places poems on the subway. She is the proud grandmother of four boys and one … Continued
Leo Hershkowitz
(1924-2017) Scholar. Leo Hershkowitz was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Boston, Massachusetts.
Kate Monica (Walsh) O’Beirne
(1949-2017) Editor, columnist. Kate O’Beirne was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in McLean, Virginia. She wrote the “Bread and Circuses” column for National Review.
Ken Hechler
(1914-2016) Author. Ken Hechler was born in Roslyn, New York, and died in Romney, West Virginia.
Rhoda Blumberg
(1917-2016) Writer. Rhoda Blumberg was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Yorktown Heights, New York.
Alison Bernstein
(1947-2016) Alison Bernstein was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in East Hampton, New York.
Woody Hochswender
(1951-2015) Author. Woody Hochswender was born in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in Sea Cliff, New York. He graduated from Colgate University in Hamilton, New York. He had been a reporter covering the fashion industry for The New York Times.