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Irving Raskin Levine

(1922-2009) Television journalist. Irving R. Levine worked for more than forty years at NBC and was best known as an international correspondent.

Gerda Lerner

(1920-2013) Historian. Gerda Lerner was born in Vienna, Austria, and died in Madison, Wisconsin. She received a doctorate in history from Columbia University.

Claude-Anne Lopez

(1920-2012) Writer. Claude-Anne Lopez was born in Brussels, Belgium, and died in New Haven, Connecticut. She immigrated to the United States around 1940 and settled in New York before moving with her husband to New Haven, Connecticut.

Brant R Lyon

(1956 – 2012) Poet. Brant Lyon wrote poetry, short fiction, and music. He was senior editor for Uphook Press (uphookpress.com) and producer/host for Hydrogen Jukebox, a reading series in New York City that pairs poets with an improvisational band. Brant’s own music has been performed at Carnegie Hall, Bowery Poetry Club, Nuyroican Poets Cafe, Galapogos … Continued

Nelson Lyon

(1939-2012) Writer. Nelson Lyon was born in Troy Hills, New Jersey, and died in Los Angeles, California. He was a writer on “Saturday Night Live.” He attended Columbia University.