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Wilfrid John Joseph Sheed

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(1930-2011) Writer. Wilfrid Sheed was born in London, England, and died in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. He and his wife had lived on Long Island for many years.

George C Williams

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(1926-2010) Author. George C. Williams died in South Setauket, New York. He had taught at State University of New York at Stony Brook for thirty years.

Jim Neu

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(1943-2010) Playwright. Jim Neu was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1943, and died in Brooklyn New York, in 2010.

Leon Uris

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(1924-2003) Novelist. Leon Uris was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and died on Shelter Island, New York, in 2003. He was the author of many popular novels.

Budd Schulberg

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(1914-2009) Writer. Budd Schulberg was born in New York City and lived in Westhampton Beach, New York. He founded the Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center in New York in 1971.

Hilda Morley

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(1916-1998) Poet. Hilda Morley was born in Manhattan, New York, and died at Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead, London. She had resided in Sag Harbor, New York.

James Winston Brady

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(1928-2009) Publisher, columnist, author. James Brady was born in and grew up in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York. He was best known as a columnist in New York City.

Robert Boris Riskin

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Many fiction writers have long been urged to get out of their ivory towers and research the real world for their material. Boris Riskin did better than that; he went out and actually worked for a living. A Brooklyn native, Riskin traveled the world. He lived in France twice, once on a honeymoon, again to … Continued