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Terry Martin Hekker

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Terry Martin Hekker (1932-2025) Memoirist. Terry Martin Hekker was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Nyack, New York.

Ruth A. Lawrence

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Ruth A. Lawrence (1924-2025) Pediatrician. Ruth A. Lawrence was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Rochester, New York.

Phyllis Trible

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Phyllis Trible (1932-2025) Feminist Biblical scholar. Phyllis Trible was born in Richmond, Virginia, and died in Manhattan, New York.

Charley Rosen

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Charley Rosen (1941-2025) Basketball player, coach, author. Charley Rosen was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Kingston, New York.

Marilyn Diamond

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Marilyn Diamond (1944-2025) Author. Marilyn Diamond was born in Washington, District of Columbia, and died in Roanoke, Virginia. She lived for a time in Westchester County, New York.

Maureen Brady

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Maureen Brady has published four novels and three nonfiction books. Her novel, Tessa’s Landing, is due out September 26, 2026, with Rootstock Publishing. She teaches creative writing at New York University School of Professional Studies and Peripatetic Writing Workshop and lives between Woodstock and New York City.

Vivian Ayers Allen

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Vivian Ayers Allen (1923-2025) Poet, playwright, activist. Vivian Ayers Allen was born in Chester, South Carolina, and died in California. She moved to Mount Vernon, New York.

Sheila R. Canby

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Sheila R. Canby (1949-2025) Curator, author. Sheila R. Canby was born in Wilmington, Delaware, and died in Milford, Delaware. She received a bachelor’s degree in French art from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1970, and was curator of the Department of Islamic Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in Manhattan, New York, … Continued

Sandra Grimes

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Sandra Grimes (1945-2025) Intelligence agent, author. Sandra Grimes was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, and died in Great Falls, Virginia.

Thomas Sayers Ellis

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Thomas Sayers Ellis (1963-2025) Poet, photographer. Thomas Sayers Ellis was born in Washington, District of Columbia, and died in St. Petersburg, Florida. He taught at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York.