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County: New York

Brian Garfield

(1939-2018) Author. Brian Garfield was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Pasadena, California. Mr. Garfield wrote more than 70 books.

Francine du Plessix Gray

(1930-2019) Novelist, journalist. Francine du Plessix Gray was born in Warsaw, Poland, immigrated to New York with her mother, and died in Manhattan, New York.

Elias M Stein

(1931-2018) Mathematician. Elias M. Stein was born in Antwerp, Belgium, and died in Somerville, New Jersey. He and his family immigrated to the United States in 1940 and settled in New York.

Jane Maas

(1932-2018) Author. Jane Maas was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, and died in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.

Dennis Wrong

(1923-2018) Author. Dennis Wrong was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and died in Westford, Massachusetts.

Paul Zimmerman

(1932-2018) Writer. Paul Zimmerman was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died in Noblesville, Indiana. He had been a writer for Sports Illustrated for many years.

María Irene Fornés

(1930-2018) Playwright. María Irene Fornés was born in Havana, Cuba, and died in Manhattan, New York. She taught playwriting at New York University and the Intar Hispanic American Arts Center in Manhattan.