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Mimi Sheraton

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(1926-2023) Writer, critic. Mimi Sheraton was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York. She was The New York Times’s food and restaurant critic from 1976 to 1983.

Donald Spoto

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(1941-2023) Biographer. Donald Spoto was born in New Rochelle, New York, and died in Koege, Denmark.

Charles Simic

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(1938-2023) Poet. Charles Simic was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, and died in Dover, New Hampshire. He was poet laureate of the United States from 2007 to 2008.

Betty Lee Sung

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(1924-2023) Author, professor, activist. Betty Lee Sung was born in Washington, District of Columbia, and died in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Peter Schjeldahl

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(1942-2022) Critic, poet. Peter Schjeldahl was born in Fargo, North Dakota, and died in Bovina, New York. He wrote for The New Yorker, Art News, The New York Times, and The Village Voice

Gerald Stern

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(1925-2022) Poet. Gerald Stern was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and died in the Bronx, New York.

Billy Sothern

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(1977-2022) Lawyer, memoirist. Billy Sothern was born in Norwalk, Connecticut, and died in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.

Howard Slusher

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(1937-2022) Sports agent, author. Howard Slusher was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, and died in Portland, Oregon. As a child, he lived in Brooklyn, New York.