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Bob Smith

(1958-2018) Author. Bob Smith was born in Buffalo, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York.

Gene Sharp

(1928-2018) Author. Gene Sharp was born in North Baltimore, Ohio, and died in Boston, Massachusetts.

Liz Smith

(1923-2017) Writer. Liz Smith was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and died in Manhattan, New York. She had been a New York tabloid gossip columnist for more than thirty years.

Vera Shlakman

(1909-2017) Author. Vera Shlakman was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and died in Manhattan, New York.

Anthony Scaduto

(1932-2017) Biographer, journalist, author. Anthony Scaduto was born in and died in Brooklyn, New York. He was known for his biography of Bob Dylan.

Kenneth Silverman

(1936-2017) Author. Kenneth Silverman was born in and died in Manhattan, New York. He was a graduate of Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan, New York.

Jean Sammet

(1928-2017) Author. Jean Sammet was born in New York City and died at a hospital near Silver Spring, Maryland.

Charles Simmons

(1924-2017) Novelist. Charles Simmons was born in and died in Manhattan, New York. He graduated from Regis High School in Manhattan and received a bachelor’s degree from Columbia University. He had worked as an editor at The New York Times Book Review for thirty years.

Edith Shiffert

(1916-2017) Poet. Edith Shiffert was born in Toronto, Canada, and died in Kyoto, Japan. As a child, she lived for a time in Rochester, New York.