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Rosario Ferre

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(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

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(1933-2014) Author. Joan Rivers was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York.

Thomas Sobol

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(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

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(1915-2004) Song writer. Bart Howard was born in Burlington, Iowa, and died in Carmel, New York.

Ivy May Bolton

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(1879-1961) Writer. Ivy May Bolton was born in London, England, and died in Peekskill, New York. She was a sister of the playwright Guy Bolton.

Barbara Strauch

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(1951-2015) Editor, author. Barbara Strauch was born in Evanston, Illinois, and died in Rye, New York. She was the science and health editor at The New York Times and had been a senior editor at New York Newsday.

Monroe Freedman

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(1928-2015) Writer. Monroe Freedman was born in Mount Vernon, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York. He was a controversial expert on legal ethics.