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Ruth Lisa Schechter

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(1917-1989) Poet. Ruth Lisa Schechter was born in Boston, Massachusetts, grew up in New York City, and spent most of her life working in New York City hospitals. She was the mother of the writer Danny Schechter.

Ira Lewis

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(1932-2015) Playwright. Ira Lewis was born in Newark, New Jersey, and died in Edison, New Jersey. He was a playwright whose plays were produced on Broadway in New York City. He lived most of his life in Greenwich Village, New York, New York.

Frederic Morton

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(1924-2015) Author, essayist. Frederic Morton was born in and died in Vienna, Austria. He and his family fled the Nazis in 1939 first to England and then to New York, where they changed their name to Morton.

Richard Corliss

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(1944-2015) Film critic. Richard Corliss was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died in Manhattan, New York. He studied at Columbia University where he earned a master’s degree, and at New York University. He was a film critic for Time magazine for many years.

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.

Don Covay

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(1936-2015) Songwriter. Don Covay was born in Orangeburg, South Carolina, and died in Valley Stream, New York.

Stewart Stern

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(1922-2015) Screenwriter. Stewart Stern was born in New York City and grew up in Manhattan, New York. He died in Seattle, Washington.