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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.

Daniel Kleppner

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Daniel Kleppner (1932-2025) Physicist, author. Daniel Kleppner was born in New York City, and died in Palo Alto, California.