Herbert Scarf
(1930-2015) Author. Herbert Scarf was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died in Sag Harbor, New York.
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William Jay Smith
(1918-2015) Poet. William Jay Smith was born in Winnfield, Louisiana, and died in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Mr. Smith did graduate work at Columbia University.
Ruth Sivard
(1915-2015) Author. Ruth Sivard was born in Elmhurst, Queens, New York, and died in Washington, District of Columbia.
Oliver Sacks
(1933-2015) Writer. Oliver Sacks was born in London, England, and died in Manhattan, New York.
Thomas Sobol
(1932-2015) Author. Thomas Sobol was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and died in Scarsdale, New York. He was appointed New York State education commissioner in 1987, a post from which he resigned in 1995.
James Salter
(1925-2015) Writer. James Salter was born in Passaic, New Jersey, and died in Sag Harbor, New York. He grew up in New York City.
Marlene Sanders
(1931-2015) Journalist. Marlene Sanders was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and died in Manhattan, New York. She authored the book, “Waiting for Prime Time: The Women of Television News,” with Marcia Rock. She lived in Manhattan, New York, and Sherman, Connecticut.
Howard Sackler
(1929-1982) Screenwriter, playwright. Howard Sackler was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Ibiza, Spain. Mr. Sackler was a gratdate of Brooklyn College and the winner of the 1969 Pulitzer Prize for drama for “The Great White Hope.”
Danny Schechter
(1942-2015) Danny Schechter was born in and died in Manhattan, New York. He grew up in the Bronx and graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School. He was the son of poet Ruth Lisa Schechter.
Ruth Lisa Schechter
(1917-1989) Poet. Ruth Lisa Schechter was born in Boston, Massachusetts, grew up in New York City, and spent most of her life working in New York City hospitals. She was the mother of the writer Danny Schechter.