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William Price Fox

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(1926-2015) Novelist. William Price Fox was born in Waukegan, Illinois, and died in Washington, District of Columbia. Mr. Fox studied writing at the New School and wrote for The Village Voice.

H. Richard Hornberger

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(1924-1997) Author. H. Richard Hornberger was born in Trenton, New Jersey, and died in Portland, Maine. He was a graduate of Cornell University Medical School.

Andrew Porter

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(1928-2015) Critic. Andrew Porter was born in Cape Town, South Africa, and died in London, England. He was music critic for The New Yorker from 1972 to 1992.

Brian Sutton-Smith

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(1924-2015) Author. Brian Sutton-Smith was born in Wellington, New Zealand, and died in White River Junction, Vermont. He move to the United States in 1956 and taught for about ten years at Columbia University Teachers College.

Curtis Gans

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(1937-2015) Curtis Gans was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Frederick, Maryland. He authored numerous articles and a book, “Voter Turnout In The United States, 1788-2009.”

Danny Schechter

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(1942-2015) Danny Schechter was born in and died in Manhattan, New York. He grew up in the Bronx and graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School. He was the son of poet Ruth Lisa Schechter.

Jacob M. Appel

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Jacob M. Appel’s first novel, The Man Who Wouldn’t Stand Up, won the 2012 Dundee International Book Award and was published by Cargo. His short story collection, Scouting for the Reaper, won the 2012 Hudson Prize and was published by Black Lawrence Press in 2014. His most recent books include a novel, The Biology of … Continued

Rev. Gardner C. Taylor

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(1918-2015) Rev. Gardner C. Taylor was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and died in Durham, North Carolina. He was senior pastor of the Concord Baptist Church of Christ in Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn, New York, for forty-two years. He authored several books and 2,000 sermons.