David Malcolm Raup
(1933-2015) Author. David M. Raup was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and died in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. He taught at several places including the University of Rochester.
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Mira Rothenberg
(1922-2015) Author. Mira Rothenberg was born in Vilnius, Lithuania, and died in Beverly Hills, California. She emigrated to New York in 1939.
Billy Rose
(1899-1966) Lyricist. Billy Rose was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Montego Bay, Jamaica.
Lillian Roth
(1910-1980) Author. Lillian Roth was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and died in New York City.
Elihu Root
(1845-1937) Author. Elihu Root was born in Clinton, New York, and died in New York City.
David Rosand
(1938-2014) Author. David Rosand was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York. He taught at Columbia University.
Alastair Reid
(1926-2014) Poet, essayist. Alastair Reid was born in Whithorn, Scotland, and died in Manhattan, New York. He wrote for The New Yorker.
Lillian B Rubin
(1924-2014) Author. Lillian B. Rubin was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died in San Francisco, California.
Dr. Arnold Relman
(1923-2014) Editor. Dr. Arnold Relman was born in Queens, New York, and died in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was a longtime editor of The New England Journal of Medicine.
Mary Rodgers
(1931-2014) Author. Mary Rodgers was born in and died in Manhattan, New York. She wrote songs and children’s books.