Deems Taylor
(1885-1966) Journalist, critic. Deems Taylor was born and died in New York. As a journalist, he worked as music critic for the New York World and editor of Musical America. He is interred in Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York.
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Barbara Tuchman
(1912-1989) Historian. Barbara Tuchman was born in New York and died in Greenwich, Connecticut. She was the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes.
James Trager
(1925-2012) Writer. James Trager was born in White Plains, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York.
Simms Taback
(1932-2011) Author. Simms Taback was born in East Bronx and died in Ventura, California. He was an author of children’s books.
Richard Threlkeld
(1937-2012) Journalist. Richard Threlkeld was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and died on Long Island, New York. He was an award-winning journalist.
Piri Thomas
(1928-2011) Author, poet. Piri Thomas was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in El Cerrito, California.
Almon Richard Turner
(1932-2011) Writer. A. Richard Turner was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and died in Cape May Court House, New Jersey. He was the author of “Inventing Leonardo.”
Gus Tyler
(1911-2011) Gus Tyler was born in Brooklyn, New York and died in Sarasota, Florida.
Elswyth Thane
(1900-1984) Novelist. Elswyth Thane was born in Burlington, Iowa. She moved with her family to New York City in 1918. She is best known for her Williamsburg series of historical fiction books. She was married to the naturalist writer William Beebe.
Doris E Travis
(1904-2010) Writer. Doris Eaton Travis was born in Norfolk, Virginia, and died in Commerce, Michigan. She was the last of the Ziegfeld Girls.