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Sidney Verba

(1932-2019) Writer. Sidney Verba was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

W S Merwin

(1927-2019) Poet. W. S. Merwin was born in New York City and died near Haiku-Pauwela, Hawaii. He was the United States poet laureate from 1010 to 2011.

Mark Bramble

(1950-2019) Writer. Mark Bramble was born in Chestertown, Maryland, and died in Baltimore, Maryland.

Edith Iglauer

(1917-2019) Journalist. Edith Iglauer was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and died in Sechelt, British Columbia. She received a master’s degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and was a staff writer at The New Yorker.

Richard Gardner

(1927-2019) Author. Richard Gardner was born in and died in Manhattan, New York. He was a law professor at Columbia University.

Charles McCarry

(1930-2019) Novelist. Charles McCarry was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and died in Fairfax, Virginia. He lived in Manhattan, New York.