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Joe Franklin

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(1926-2015) Author. Joe Franklin was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York. He was a long-time television personality.

Juan Flores

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(1943-2014) Author. Juan Flores was born in Alexandria, Virginia, and died in Durham, North Carolina. He lived in Brooklyn, New York.

Jim Frederick

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(1971-2014) Journalist. Jim Frederick was born in Lake Forest, Illinois, and died in Oakland, California.

Isaac Kaufman Funk

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(1839-1912) Editor, publisher. Isaac Kaufman Funk was born in Clifton, Ohio, and died in Montclair, New Jersey. He founded I. K. Funk and Company which later became known as Funk and Wagnalls.

Leonard Fein

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(1934-2014) Writer. Leonard Fein was born in New York City and died in Manhattan, New York. He was a writer about Jewish affairs for The Jewish Daily Forward and contributed to other publications including The New York Times. He was the brother of the author, Rashi Fein.

Rashi Fein

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(1926-2014) Author. Rashi Fein was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a brother of the writer, Leonard Fein.

Shirley Walton Fischler

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(1940-2014) Writer. Shirley Walton Fischler was born in Fernandina Beach, Florida, and died in Manhattan, New York. Her husband was Stan Fischler, a sportswriter, with whom she wrote many books. She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Columbia University and then worked at New York University.