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Gilbert Rogin

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(1929-2017) Editor, writer. Gilbert Rogin was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Westport, Connecticut. He wrote for the New Yorker and was an editor at Sports Illustrated.

Carolyn Raphael

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Carolyn Raphael is the poetry coordinator for the village of Great Neck Plaza in her hometown, Great Neck, New York, where she supervises an annual poetry contest. She also places poems on local bulletin boards, much as “Poetry in Motion” places poems on the subway. She is the proud grandmother of four boys and one … Continued

Ernest E. Ryden

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(1886-1981) Hymnologist, author. Ernest E. Ryden was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and died in Providence, Rhode Island. He wrote and translated more than 40 hymns that have been published in various church hymnals.

George Romero

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(1940-2017) Screenwriter. George Romero was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was known for his horror movies.

Hope Ryden

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(1929-2017) Author. Hope Ryden was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, and died in Hyannis, Massachusetts.

Joan Rivers

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(1933-2014) Author. Joan Rivers was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York.

Frances Kroll Ring

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(1916-2015) Author. Frances Kroll Ring was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California. She had been secretary to F. Scott Fitzgerald.