Edward Jay Epstein (1935-2024) Author. Edward Jay Epstein was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York. As a child, he lived in the Midwood neighborhood of Brooklyn and attended Midwood High School. He also lived in Rockville Centre, in Nassau County, New York, , and graduated from South Side High School.
(1929-2019) Author. Murray Gell-Mann was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Jack Newfield (1938-2004) Journalist, writer. Jack Newfield was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York. He grew up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, and was a graduate of Hunter College. He was a writer for The Village Voice for almost 25 years.
James Jones (1921-1977) Author, novelist. James Jones was born in Robinson, Illinois, and died in Southampton, New York.