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Earl Hamner Jr.

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(1923-2016) Novelist. Earl Hamner Jr. was born in Schuyler, Virginia, and died in Los Angeles, California. He lived and worked in New York in the 1950s. He was the creator of the television series “The Waltons.”

Michael Brick

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(1974-2016) Author. Michael Brick was born in Cheverly, Maryland, and died in Austin, Texas. He wrote for The New York Times.

Arnold Lubasch

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(1932-2016) Writer. Arnold Lubasch was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Scottsdale, Arizona. He was a reporter for the New York Times.

Henry S. F. Cooper Jr.

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(1933-2016) Writer. Henry S. F. Cooper Jr. was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Cooperstown, New York. He was a descendant of novelist James Fenimore Cooper. He wrote for The New Yorker for 35 years.

Paul Aiken

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(1959-2016) Paul Daymond Aiken was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in Manhattan, New York. He was executive director of the Authors Guild.

John Holm

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(1943-2015) Author. John Holm earned a master’s degree in teaching English as a foreign language at Columbia University’s Teachers College, and later studied African-American English at the State University of New York at Cortland. He taught English and linguistics at Hunter College and taught in the doctoral linguistics program at the Graduate Center of the … Continued

Sylvan Barnet

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(1926-2016) Author. Sylvan Barnet was born in Brooklyn, New York, and graduated from Erasmus Hall High School there. He earned a bachelor’s degree in English at New York University.