Richard Leakey
(1944-2022) Conservationist, author. Richard Leakey was born in Nairobi, Kenya, and died in Kenya.
County: Suffolk
Doris Willens Kaplan
(1924-2021) Journalist, author, songwriter. Doris Willens Kaplan was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in East Windsor Township, New Jersey.
Lynn C. Franklin
(1946-2021) Literary agent, memoirist. Lynn C. Franklin was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in Manhattan, New York.
Danny Shanahan
(1956-2021) Cartoonist. Danny Shanahan was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Charleston, South Carolina. He provided cartoons for The New Yorker, Time, Esquire, Playboy, Fortune, Newsweek, and The New York Times.
Robert Sam Anson
(1945-2020) Writer, author. Robert Sam Anson was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and died in Rexford, New York.
James Harvey
(1929-2020) Film critic. James Harvey was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in Manhattan, New York.
Benjamin Young Prime
(1733-1791) Poet, essayist, songwriter. Benjamin Prime was born on Long Island.
James Aldrich
(1810-1856) Poet. James Aldrich was born in Mattituck, New York, and died in New York City.
B. Smith
(1949-2020) Author. B. Smith was born in Everson, Pennsylvania, and died on Long Island, New York.
Gahan Wilson
(1930-2019) Cartoonist. Gahan Wilson was born in Evanston, Illinois, and died in Scottsdale, Arizona. Mr. Wilson lived for a time in Sag Harbor, New York.