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County: Queens

Alan J. Hruska

(1933-2022) Novelist, writer. Alan J. Hruska was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York. He, along with his wife Laura Chapman Hruska and Juris Jurjevics, was a founder of Soho Press.

Fred Ferretti

(1932-2022) Journalist, author. Fred Ferretti was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Montclair, New Jersey. He was a writer for The New York Times, Gourmet magazine, and The New York Herald Tribune.

Edgar S. Cahn

(1935-2022) Professor, author. Edgar S. Cahn was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Bethesda, Maryland.

Stephen Dunn

(1939-2021) Poet. Stephen Dunn was born in Queens, New York, and died in Frostburg, Maryland. He graduated from Forest Hills High School in Queens, New York, earned a bachelor’s degree in history at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, and a master’s at Syracuse University. Mr. Dunn was a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for … Continued

Dr. Eric Cassell

(1928-2021) Medical ethicist, author. Dr. Eric Cassell was born in New York and died in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.

Ganga Stone

(1941-2021) Author. Ganga Stone was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Saratoga Springs, New York.

Harvey Schlossberg

(1936-2021) Author. Harvey Schlossberg was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Brooklyn, New York. He wrote the memoir, “Psychologist With a Gun.”