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Mervyn Wilfred Susser

(1921-2014) Author. Mervyn Susser was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and died in Hastings-On-Hudson, New York. He became chairman of the division of epidemiology at Columbia University in 1966.

Jake Swamp

(1941-2010) Author. Jake Swamp was born at Akwesasne Mohawk Nation Territory, and died at Massena, New York.

Dr Albert J Stunkard

(1922-2014) Author. Dr. Albert J. Stunkard was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. He authored the book “The Pain Of Obesity.”

Robert Stein

(1924-2014) Author. Robert Stein was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Westport, Connecticut. He authored two books.

Gregory White Smith

(1951-2014) Author. Gregory White Smith was born in Ithaca, New York, and died in Aiken, South Carolina. He collaborated on several books with Steven Naifeh.

Jonathan Schell

(1943-2014) Author. Jonathan Schell was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Brooklyn, New York. He was the author of best-selling nonfiction books exploring warfare. He had been a writer for The New Yorker, and had taught at New York University.

James R. Schlesinger

(1929-2014) Author. James R. Schlesinger was born in New York City and died in Baltimore, Maryland. He was the author of “America At Century’s End.”

Lorenzo Semple Jr.

(1923-2014) Playwright, screenwriter. Lorenzo Semple Jr. was born in New Rochelle, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California.