Leo Bersani
(1931-2022) Critic, author. Leo Bersani was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Peoria, Arizona.
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Tova Borgnine
(1941-2022) Author. Tova Borgnine was born in Oslo, Norway, and died in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Kenneth H. Brown
(1936-2022) Playwright, novelist. Kenneth H. Brown was born in Brooklyn, New York. As a child growing up in the 1930s and 40s, he lived in the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn, and attended Brooklyn Prep. Following military service, Mr. Brown studied at Columbia University. He died at a hospice in Queens, New York.
Ashley Bryan
(1923-2022) Author, illustrator. Ashley Bryan was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Sugar Land, Texas.
Dr. Herbert Benson
(1935-2022) Author. Herbert Benson was born in Yonkers, New York, and died in Boston, Massachusetts.
Jonathan Brown
(1939-2022) Historian. Jonathan Brown was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, and died in Princeton, New Jersey.
Jana Bennett
(1955-2022) Media consultant, author. Jana Bennett was born in Cooperstown, New York, and died in Oxfordshire, England.
Frederick Baldwin
(1929-2021) Photographer, author. Frederick Baldwin was born in Lausanne, Switzerland, and died in Houston, Texas.
Ed Bullins
(1935-2021) Playwright. Ed Bullins was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died in Roxbury, Massachusetts.
Robert Bly
(1926-2021) Poet. Robert Bly was born in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, and died in Minneapolis, Minnesota.