William Demby
(1922-2013) Author, novelist. William Demby was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and died in Sag Harbor, New York.
County: Suffolk
William “Willie” Weaks Morris
(1934-1999) Writer, editor. Willie Morris was born in and died in Jackson, Mississippi. He lived for several years in Bridgehampton, New York.
Jeffrey Brackett Potter
(1918-2012) Biographer. Jeffrey Potter was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Southampton, New York.
Leon Morton Jaroff
(1927-2012) Author. Leon Jaroff was born in Detroit, Michigan, and died in East Hampton, New York. He was a science writer and editor at Time and Discover.
Midge Turk Richardson
(1930-2012) Editor, author. Midge Turk Richardson was born in Los Angeles, California, and died in Manhattan, New York. She was editor of Seventeen magazine for eighteen years.
Louis Aston Marantz Simpson
(1923-2012) Poet. Louis Simpson was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and died in Stony Brook, New York. He was a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet.
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger
(1926-2012) Publisher. Arthur Ochs Sulzberger was born in New York City and died in Southampton, New York. He was publisher of The New York Times for several years.
Richard Threlkeld
(1937-2012) Journalist. Richard Threlkeld was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and died on Long Island, New York. He was an award-winning journalist.
Bertel Bruun
(1937-2011) Author. Bertel Bruun was born in Skaelskor, Denmark, and died in Remsenburg, New York.
Judith P Sulzberger
(1923-2011) Author. Judith P. Sulzberger was born in New York City, and died in Manhattan, New York. She authored medical papers and and a medical column for The East Hampton Star.