Jack Block
(1924-2010) Psychologist, writer. Jack Block was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in El Cerrito, California.
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C. D. B. Bryan
(1936-2009) Novelist, journalist. C. D. B. Bryan was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Guilford, Connecticut.
Francis Betters
(1931-2009) Writer. Francis Betters was a well-known fly fisherman and writer of books and articles about fishing in the Adirondack Mountains in New York State.
Dick Berg
(1922-2009) Screenwriter. Richard Berg was born in Manhattan, New York. He wrote and produced many television shows.
Thomas Berry
(1914-2009) Writer. Thomas Berry attended Columbia University in Manhattan, New York and taught at Fordham University in the Bronx, New York. He was director of the Riverdale Center for Religious Research in Riverdale, New York.
Stefan Sebastian Brecht
(1924-2009) Historian. Stefan Brecht was born in Berlin, Germany, and died in Manhattan, New York. He is known for recording the history of the theater.
Daniel Button
(1917-2009) Editor, writer. Daniel Button was born in Dunkirk, New York, and died in Albany, New York. He was executive editor of the Albany Times-Union in Albany, New York from 1960 to 1966.
Leo Birinski
(1884-1951) Playwright, screenwriter. Leo Birinski worked in Austria-Hungary, Germany, and in the United States. He died in the Bronx, New York.
Erick Berry
(1892-1974) Author, illustrator. Erick Berry is the pseudonym for Allena Champlin. She was born in Massachusetts, but grew up in Albany, New York.
Rita G Brady
(1912-1979) Writer. Rita G. Brady was born in Brooklyn, New York. She lived in Albany, New York, area, with her husband, James T. Brady. She taught children’s literature in the Albany area, and she and her husband wrote juvenile short stories and novels.