Anthony Scaduto
(1932-2017) Biographer, journalist, author. Anthony Scaduto was born in and died in Brooklyn, New York. He was known for his biography of Bob Dylan.
Type: NY City
Nora Johnson
(1933-2017) Novelist, memoirist. Nora Johnson was born in Hollywood, California, and died in Dallas, Texas. When she was still a child she moved with her mother to New York.
Richard Purdy Wilbur
(1921-2017) Poet. Richard Wilbur was born in New York City and died in Belmont, Massachusetts. He was a winner of two Pulitzer Prizes and was selected as the national poet laureate.
Louise Hay
(1926-2017) Author. Louise Hay was born in Los Angeles, California, and died in San Diego, California. She worked in New York for a time in the mid-1950s.
Janusz Glowacki
(1938-2017) Playwright, novelist, screenwriter, essayist. Janusz Glowacki was born in Poznan, Poland, and died in Egypt.
Jack Rosenthal
(1935-2017) Journalist. Jack Rosenthal was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, and died in Manhattan, New York.
Howard Kaminsky
(1940-2017) Publisher. Howard Kaminsky was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York.
Bernard Pomerance
(1940-2017) Playwright, poet. Bernard Pomerance was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Galisteo, New Mexico.
Michael Friedman
(1975-2017) Lyricist. Michael Friedman was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and died in Manhattan, New York.
Len Wein
(1948-2017) Comic book writer. Len Wein was born in New York and died in Los Angeles, California.