Marshall Robert Loeb
(1929-2017) Editor, author, journalist. Marshall Loeb was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in Manhattan, New York. He had been an editor at Money and Fortune magazines.
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Myrna Lamb
(1930-2017) Playwright. Myrna Lamb was born in Newark, New Jersey, and died in Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey.
Jerry Lewis
(1926-2017) Author, screenwriter. Jerry Lewis was born in Newark, New Jersey, and died in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Robert S. Leiken
(1939-2017) Author. Robert S. Leiken was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Boston, Massachusetts.
Annie Rachele Lanzillotto
Annie Rachele Lanzillotto is the author of “L Is For Lion: An Italian Bronx Butch Freedom Memoir” SUNY Press, a Lambda Literary Award finalist; and the book of poetry “Schistsong,” Bordighera Press. Forthcoming in 2018 from Guernica is a flip book of two volumes of poetry and short prose: “Hard Candy,” and “Pitch, Roll, Yaw.” … Continued
Jay Patrick Lynch
(1945-2017) Cartoonist, writer. Jay Lynch was born in Orange, New Jersey, and died in Candor, New York. He was a creator of underground comics. His work included Bijou Funnies, Phoebe and the Pigeon People, Nard n’ Pat, and Bazooka Joe.
Henry Sears Lodge Jr.
(1958-2017) Author. Henry S. Lodge was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and died in Manhattan, New York. He authored a series of health-advice books, “Younger Next Year” with his patient Chris Crowley.
Theodore Jay Lowi
(1931-2017) Author. Theodore Lowi was born in Gadsden, Alabama, and died in Ithaca, New York.
Thomas Norman Lux
(1946-2017) Poet. Thomas Lux was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, and died at his home in Atlanta, Georgia. He taught at Sarah Lawrence College for more than twenty years.
Maud Palmer Hart Lovelace
(1892-1980) Writer. Maud Hart Lovelace was born in Mankato, Minnesota, and died in Claremont, California. She was author of the Betsy-Tacy books, a series of thirteen novels for girls. She and her husband, Delos Lovelace, lived in New York City before retiring to Claremont, California.