Grace Lee Boggs
(1915-2015) Author. Grace Lee Boggs was born in Providence, Rhode Island, and died in Detroit, Michigan.
County: Queens
Ruth Sivard
(1915-2015) Author. Ruth Sivard was born in Elmhurst, Queens, New York, and died in Washington, District of Columbia.
Wayne W. Dyer
(1940-2015) Author. Wayne W. Dyer was born in Detroit, Michigan, and died in Maui, Hawaii. He was the author of several self-help books including “Your Erroneous Zones.”
Rhoda Lerman
(1936-2015) Writer. Rhoda Lerman was born in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York, and died in Port Crane, New York.
Don Covay
(1936-2015) Songwriter. Don Covay was born in Orangeburg, South Carolina, and died in Valley Stream, New York.
Eugenie Clark
(1922-2015) Writer. Eugenie Clark was born in New York City and died in Sarasota, Florida.
Harry V Jaffa
(1918-2015) Writer, scholar. Harry V. Jaffa was born in New York City and died in Pomona, California.
George Dickerson
(1933-2015) Poet, writer. George Dickerson, attended Yale on a science scholarship, but switched majors after reading The Great Gatsby. In 1959, he was featured in a reading of Beat Poets. His fiction appeared in Best American Short Stories, 1963 and 1966. His poetry appeared in The New Yorker and Madmoiselle. Penthouse, Saturday Evening Post, and … Continued
Dr. Arnold Relman
(1923-2014) Editor. Dr. Arnold Relman was born in Queens, New York, and died in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was a longtime editor of The New England Journal of Medicine.
Zander Hollander
(1923-2014) Journalist. Zander Hollander was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York. He had written for The Long Island Daily Press and The New York World-Telegram.