Carolyn Ashley Kizer
(1924-2014) Poet. Carolyn Kizer was born in Spokane, Washington, and died in Sonoma, California. Ms. Kizer studied at Sarah Lawrence College and at Columbia University.
County: Westchester
Lillian Roth
(1910-1980) Author. Lillian Roth was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and died in New York City.
Msgr Lorenzo Albacete
(1941-2014) Author. Msgr. Lorenzo Albacete was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and died in Dobbs Ferry, New York. He wrote articles about religion for the New York Times Magazine and The New Yorker, and he was a professor of theology at St. Joseph Seminary and lived in Yonkers, New York.
Mervyn Wilfred Susser
(1921-2014) Author. Mervyn Susser was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and died in Hastings-On-Hudson, New York. He became chairman of the division of epidemiology at Columbia University in 1966.
John Mack Carter
(1928-2014) Editor. John Mack Carter was born in Murray, Kentucky, and died in Bronxville, New York. He had been editor of McCall’s, Ladies’ Home Journal, and Good Housekeeping.
Mary Lea Bandy
(1943-2014) Author. Mary Lea Bandy was born in Evanston, Illinois, and died in White Plains, New York.
William Homes Honan
(1930-2014) Journalist, author. William H. Honan was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Norwalk, Connecticut. He was the culture editor for The New York Times in the 1980s. He was a brother of the biographer, Park Honan.
Lorenzo Semple Jr.
(1923-2014) Playwright, screenwriter. Lorenzo Semple Jr. was born in New Rochelle, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California.
Joe McGinniss
(1942-2014) Author, journalist. Joe McGinniss was born in New York City, grew up in Rye, New York, and died in Worcester, Massachusetts. He wrote the books, “The Selling of the President” and “Fatal Vision.”
Jonathan Larson
(1960-1996) Playwright. Jonathan Larson was born in White Plains, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York. He was the composer and author of the Musical “Rent.”