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Elliott Baker

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(1922-2007) Screenwriter, novelist. Elliott Baker was born in Buffalo, New York in 1922, and died in Los Angeles, California in 2007.

Arthur Buchwald

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(1925-2007) Humorist. Art Buchwald was born in Mount Vernon, New York in 1925 and died in Washington, D.C. in 2007. He lived part of his childhood in Queens, New York. Mr. Buchwald was known for his popular newspaper columns.

Ted Berkman

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(1914-2006) Author, screenwriter. Ted Berkman was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Santa Barbara, California. He graduated from Cornell University in 1933, and also attended Columbia University.

John Bishop

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(1929-2006) Playwright. John Bishop was born in Mansfield, Ohio, in 1929, and died in Bad Heilbrunn, Germany, in 2006. Mr. Bishop was a director and writer at the Circle Repertory Company.

Peter Bradford Benchley

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(1940-2006) Writer. Peter Benchley was born in New York, New York, in 1940, and died in Princeton, New Jersey, in 2006. He was a graduate of Harvard University and had worked for the Washington Post, Newsweek, and as a speech writer in the White House. He was the grandson of writer Robert Benchley, and son … Continued

Frederick Busch

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(1941-2006) Writer, novelist. Frederick Busch was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York. He taught at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York, from 1966 to 2003.

Isadore Barmash

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(1921-2006) Writer. Isadore Barmash was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and died in Jamaica, Queens, New York. He wrote articles for the New York Times for 26 years.

Saul Bennett

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(1936-2006) Poet. Bennett came to poetry after a career in Manhattan. He began writing poems following the sudden death of his daughter from a brain aneurysm in 1994. His first poetry collection, “New Fields and Other Stones: On a Child’s Death,” was selected in 1998 to launch a new publishing imprint, Archer Books, and received … Continued

John Barr

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John Barr has pursued parallel careers as poet and investment banker for the past 25 years. He has founded the country’s largest natural gas marketing company and a prominent investment-banking boutique. He is President Emeritus of the Poetry Society of America, and Chairman of the Board of Bennington College. Story Line Press published the trade … Continued