Thomas Steinbeck
(1944-2016) Novelist. Thomas Steinbeck, son of the novelist and playwright John Steinbeck, was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Santa Barbara, California.
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Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor
(1937-2016) Author. Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor was born in Fairfax, South Carolina, and died in the Bronx, New York. She lived in New York and was author of the book, “Vibration Cooking or, The Travel Notes of a Geechee Girl.”
Stanley K. Sheinbaum
(1920-2016) Author. Stanley K. Sheinbaum was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California. As a child, Mr. Sheinbaum lived in Manhattan and then in Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, New York.
Morley Safer
(1931-2016) Author, journalist. Morley Safer was born in Toronto, Canada, and died in Manhattan, New York. He worked many years on the CBS network’s newsmagazine “60 Minutes.”
Leonard B Stern
(1922-2011) Motion picture and television screenwriter. Leonard B. Stern was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Beverly Hills, California. He wrote for several television programs including: “The Phil Silvers Show,” “Get Smart,” “The Honeymooners,” “The Steve Allen Show,” and “McMillan & Wife.”
Peter Shaffer
(1926-2016) Playwright. Peter Shaffer was born in Liverpool, England, and died in County Cork, Ireland. Mr. Shaffer moved to New York in the 1950s and worked for a time at the New York Public Library.
Richard Selzer
(1928-2016) Writer. Richard Selzer was born in Troy, New York, and died in North Branford, Connecticut.
Sydney H. Schanberg
(1934-2016) Journalist. Sydney H. Schanberg was born in Clinton, Massachusetts, and died in Poughkeepsie, New York. He had been a correspondent for the The New York Times.
Fritz Stern
(1926-2016) Historian. Fritz Stern was born in Breslau,Germany, and died in Manhattan, New York.
Antonin Scalia
(1936-2016) Author. Antonin Scalia was born in Trenton, New Jersey, and died in West Texas.