Jay Clayton (1941-2023) Singer, author. Jay Clayton was born in Youngstown, Ohio, and died in New Paltz, New York. She moved to New York in 1963. Ms. Clayton taught at City College of New York and at The New School. She also ran a retreat for singers in Berne, New York.
Robert Andrew Parker (1927-2023) Watercolorist, author. Robert Andrew Parker was born in Norfolk, Virginia, and died in West Cornwall, Connecticut.
Reggie Wells (1947-2024) Make-up artist, author. Reggie Wells was born in and died in Baltimore, Maryland.
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.
(1860-1938) Novelist. Owen Wister was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania and died in Kingston, Rhode Island. Wister worked as a bank clerk in New York for a short time.
(1925-2013) Novelist. Sol Yurick was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Brooklyn, New York. He studied at New York University.
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