Janine Brookner
(1940-2021) Author. Janine Brookner was born in Syracuse, New York, and died in Washington, District of Columbia. She wrote the book, “Piercing the Veil of Secrecy: Litigation Against U. S. Intelligence.”
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Lauren Berlant
(1957-2021) Critic. Lauren Berlant was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died in Chicago, Illinois. She studied at Cornell University.
Eli Broad
(1933-2021) Businessman, philanthropist, author. Eli Broad was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California. He wrote a memoir, “The Art of Being Unreasonable: Lessons in Unconventional Thinking.”
Yehuda Ben-Yishay
(1933-2021) Psychologist, author. Yehuda Ben-Yishay was born in Cluj, Romania, and died in Manhattan, New York.
Roger Baldwin
(1929-2021) Author. Roger Baldwin was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Riverhead, New York.
Anne Beatts
(1947-2021) Comedy writer. Anne Beatts was born in Buffalo, New York, and died in West Hollywood, California. She was one of the original writers for the sketch comedy and variety television show, “Saturday Night Live,” and had previously written for National Lampoon magazine.
Ben Bova
(1932-2020) Science fiction author, editor. Ben Bova was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died in Naples, Florida. He received a master’s degree from the State University of New York at Albany and taught science fiction at the Hayden Planetarium in Manhattan, New York.
Lee Breuer
(1937-2021) Playwright, theater director, author. Lee Breuer was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died in Brooklyn, New York. He was a founder of the theater troupe Mabou Mines.
Mary Catherine Bateson
(1939-2021) Anthropologist, author. Mary Catherine Bateson was born in New York City and died in Dartmouth, New Hampshire.
Sharon Begley
(1956-2021) Science journalist, author. Sharon Begley was born in Englewood, New Jersey, and died in Boston, Massachusetts.