John Gruen
(1926-2016) Writer, critic, journalist. John Gruen was born in Enghien-les-Bains, France, and died in Manhattan, New York.
Type: NY City
Garry Marshall
(1934-2016) Writer. Garry Marshall was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Burbank, California. He wrote scripts for many television shows including “Make Room for Daddy,” “The Lucy Show,” and “The Dick Van Dyke Show.”
Marni Nixon
(1930-2016) Author. Marni Nixon was born in Altadena, California, and died in New York.
Milt Gross
(1895-1953) Cartoonist, author. Milt Gross was born in the Bronx, New York, and died aboard the Pacific Ocean liner SS Monterey.
Thomas Steinbeck
(1944-2016) Novelist. Thomas Steinbeck, son of the novelist and playwright John Steinbeck, was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Santa Barbara, California.
Gene Wilder
(1933-2016) Novelist, screenwriter, actor. Gene Wilder was best known as a comic actor, but he also authored several books. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and died in Stamford, Connecticut.
Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor
(1937-2016) Author. Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor was born in Fairfax, South Carolina, and died in the Bronx, New York. She lived in New York and was author of the book, “Vibration Cooking or, The Travel Notes of a Geechee Girl.”
Crosby Newell Bonsall
(1921-1995) Author. Crosby Bonsall was born in Kew Gardens, Queens, New York, and died in Boston, Massachusetts. She studied at New York University School of Architecture and the American School of Design in New York City.
Robert Timberg
(1940-2016) Author, journalist. Robert Timberg was born in Miami Beach, Florida, and died in Annapolis, Maryland.
Stanley K. Sheinbaum
(1920-2016) Author. Stanley K. Sheinbaum was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California. As a child, Mr. Sheinbaum lived in Manhattan and then in Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, New York.