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Rose E Frisch

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(1918-2015) Author. Rose E. Frisch was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Bob Simon

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(1941-2015) Author. Bob Simon was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York. He was a CBS News correspondent.

Assia Djebar

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(1936-2015) Novelist, writer, filmmaker. Assia Djebar was born in Cherchell, Algiers, and died in Paris, France. She had been a professor of French and Francophone studies at New York University.

Richard Meryman

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(1926-2015) Journalist, biographer. Richard Meryman was born in Washington, District of Columbia, and died in Manhattan, New York. He had been a writer and editor for Life magazine.

Philip Levine

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(1928-2015) Poet. Philip Levine was born in Detroit, Michigan, and died in Fresno, California. He served as United States poet laureate from 2011 to 2012. He received the Pulitzer Prize in 1995 for his collection “The Simple Truth”.

Lesley Gore

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(1946-2015) Songwriter. Lesley Gore was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York. She lived in New York City.

John P Craven

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(1924-2015) Author. John P. Craven was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Hawaii. He was a graduate of Brooklyn Technical High School and attended Cornell University for officer training.