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Anita Loos

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(1888-1981) Novelist. Anita Loos was born in Sisson, California in 1888 and died in New York City in 1981. She and her husband, John Emerson, lived in New York for a period of time.

James Heller Levinson

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Heller Levinson was born in New York State and has a degree in Philosophy from New York University and a Masters Degree in Writing from USC. He has worked as a dog trainer, a jazz drummer, a construction worker, and for many years made a living as a textile salesman. He has published in over … Continued

Ernest Lehman

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(1915-2005) Screenwriter. Ernest Lehman was born in New York City in 1915 and died in Los Angeles, California in 2005. He graduated from City College of New York in 1937. He received six Academy Award nominations for his screenwriting.

Ernesto Lecuona

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(1895/96-1963) Composer, song writer. Lecuona was born in Cuba in 1895 or 1896 and died in the Canary Islands in 1963. Songs include, “Siboney,” “Malagueña,” and “Andalucia.” Lecuona’s final resting place is in the Gate Of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne, New York.

Lawrence W Levine

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Historian. Lawrence W. Levine was born in Manhattan, New York in 1933. Mr Levine was a graduate of, and taught briefly at, the City University of New York. He died in California in 2006. Works include, “The Opening of the American Mind: Canons, Culture and History” (1996), “Black Culture and Black Consciousness: Afro-American Folk Thought … Continued