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Rhoda Lerman

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(1936-2015) Writer. Rhoda Lerman was born in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York, and died in Port Crane, New York.

Don Covay

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(1936-2015) Songwriter. Don Covay was born in Orangeburg, South Carolina, and died in Valley Stream, New York.

George Dickerson

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(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

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(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

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(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.

Douglas Davis

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(1933-2014) Critic. Douglas Davis was born in Washington, District Of Columbia, and died in Queens, New York. He moved to New York in the late 1960s and was an art critic for Newsweek.

Marcella Hazan

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(1924-2013) Author. Marcella Hazan was born in the village of Cesenatico in Emilia-Romagna, and died in Longboat Key, Florida. She lived and worked in New York City.