Lucia Maria Perillo
(1958-2016) Poet. Lucia Perillo was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Olympia, Washington.
County: Westchester
John Kerr
(1950-2016) Author. John Kerr was born in Washington, District of Columbia, and died in Portland, Maine. He was the son of critic, Walter Kerr, and writer, Jean Kerr.
Edward Albee
(1928-2016) Playwright. Edward Albee was born in Virginia, and died in Montauk, New York.
Rhoda Blumberg
(1917-2016) Writer. Rhoda Blumberg was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Yorktown Heights, New York.
Barbara Goldsmith
(1931-2016) Author. Barbara Goldsmith was born in and died in Manhattan, New York.
Rosario Ferre
(1938-2015) Novelist, poet, essayist, children’s book author. Rosario Ferre was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, and died in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She was a graduate of Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York. She wrote novels in both Spanish and English.
Joan Rivers
(1933-2014) Author. Joan Rivers was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York.
Stephen Birmingham
(1929-2015) Novelist. Stephen Birmingham was born in Andover, Connecticut, and died in Manhattan, New York.
Thomas Sobol
(1932-2015) Author. Thomas Sobol was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and died in Scarsdale, New York. He was appointed New York State education commissioner in 1987, a post from which he resigned in 1995.
Bart Howard
(1915-2004) Song writer. Bart Howard was born in Burlington, Iowa, and died in Carmel, New York.