(1934-2014) Poet. Mark Strand was born in Summerside on Prince Edward Island in Canada, and died in Brooklyn, New York. He was named Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1990-1991 and awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1999.
(1922-2014) Patrick Suppes was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and died in Stanford, California.
(1925-2014) Writer. Harold M. Schulweis was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Reseda, California.
(1928-2014) Author. Marian Seldes was born and died in Manhattan, New York. She was the daughter of the author Gilbert Seldes.
(1893-1970) Journalist, playwright, author. Gilbert Seldes was born in Alliance, New Jersey, and died in Manhattan, New York. He was the father of the author Marion Hall Seldes.
(1929-2014) Playwright. Herb Schapiro was born in and died in Brooklyn, New York.
(1915-2014) Author. S. Donald Stookey was born in Hay Springs, Nebraska, and died in Rochester, New York.
(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.
(1941-2010) Author. Jake Swamp was born at Akwesasne Mohawk Nation Territory, and died at Massena, New York.
(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.”