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Robert Evans

(1930-2019) Author. Robert Evans was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Beverly Hills, California.

Ellen Raskin

(1928-1984) Children’s writer and illustrator. Ellen Raskin was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and died in Manhattan, New York.

Richard Jackson

(1935-2019) Author, editor. Richard Jackson was born in Detroit, Michigan, and died in Towson, Maryland. He received a master’s degree in publishing at New York University.

Harold Bloom

(1930-2019) Critic. Harold Bloom was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in New Haven, Connecticut.

Mickey Rooney

(1920-2014) Memoirist, novelist. Mickey Rooney was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California.

Dana Fradon

(1922-2019) Cartoonist. Dana Fradon was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in Woodstock, New York. He was a cartoonist for The New Yorker.

Samuel Hynes

(1924-2019) Author, literary critic. Samuel Hynes was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in Princeton, New Jersey. He earned a master’s and doctorate from Columbia University.