George Booth
(1926-2022) Cartoonist. George Booth was born in Cainsville, Missouri, and died in Brooklyn, New York. He was a cartoonist for The New Yorker.
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Walter Brenner
(1923-2017) Professor, author. Walter Brenner was born in Vienna, Austria, and died in New Jersey.
Helen Evans Brown
(1904-1964) Cookbook author. Helen Evans Brown was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Pasadena, California.
Margaret Wise Brown
(1910-1952) Writer. Margaret Wise Brown was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Nice, France.
Frederick Buechner
(1926-2022) Novelist, writer, poet, Presbyterian minister. Frederick Buechner was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Rupert, Vermont.
Elizabeth Bailey
(1938-2022) Economist, author. Elizabeth Bailey was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Reston, Virginia.
Jennifer Bartlett
(1941-2022) Artist, author. Jennifer Bartlett was born in Long Beach, California, and died in Amagansett, New York. She wrote an autobiographical novel, “A History of the Universe.”
Melissa Bank
(1960-2022) Author. Melissa Bank was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and died in East Hampton, New York.
Mary Ellin Barrett
(1926-2022) Author. Mary Ellin Barrett was born in and died in Manhattan, New York.
Rev. James Vila Blake
(1842-1925) Essayist, playwright, hymn writer, poet. James Vila Blake was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Chicago, Illinois.