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.
County: Westchester
Mary Lea Bandy
(1943-2014) Author. Mary Lea Bandy was born in Evanston, Illinois, and died in White Plains, New York.
Karen Horney
Karen Horney (1885-1952) Psychoanalyst, author. Karen Horney was born in Blankenese, Germany, and died in Hartsdale, New York. Ms. Horney was dean of the American Institute for Psychoanalysis and honorary president of the Karen Horney Foundation of 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.
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.”
Lorenzo Semple Jr.
(1923-2014) Playwright, screenwriter. Lorenzo Semple Jr. was born in New Rochelle, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California.
Sid Caesar
(1922-2014) Author. Sid Caesar was born in Yonkers, New York, and died in Beverly Hills, California. He graduated from Yonkers High School and worked as an usher and a doorman at the Capitol Theater in Manhattan, New York.
Richard Witkin
(1918-2013) Writer. Richard Witkin was born in New York City and died in Marlborough, Massachusetts. He was an aviation reporter for The New York Times.
Charlotte Zolotow
(1915-2013) Author. Charlotte Zolotow was born in Norfolk, Virginia, and died in Hastings-On-Hudson, New York. She was an author and editor of books on children’s real issues. She worked for many years at Harper & Row.