(1933-2015) Poet, writer. George Dickerson, attended Yale on a science scholarship, but switched majors after reading The Great Gatsby. In 1959, he was featured in a reading of Beat Poets. His fiction appeared in Best American Short Stories, 1963 and 1966. His poetry appeared in The New Yorker and Madmoiselle. Penthouse, Saturday Evening Post, and … Continued
(1917-2015) Writer, novelist. John Leggett was born in New York, New York, and died in Napa, California. He was the former director of the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop and co-founder and director of the Napa Valley Writer’s Conference.
(1915-2015) Author. Charles H. Townes was born in Greenville, South Carolina, and died in Oakland, California.
(1922-2015) Songwriter. Rose Marie McCoy was born in Oneida, Arkansas, and died in Urbana, Illinois. She collaborated on several hundred songs.
(1986-2013) Author. Aaron Swartz was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in Brooklyn, New York.
(1939-2014) Writer. Lee Israel was born in New York City and died in Manhattan, New York. She authored four books, but was best know for the letters of celebrities she forged.
(1931-2014) Author. David H. Marlowe was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Silver Spring, Maryland.
(1921-2014) Author, historian. Carl Neumann Degler was born in Newark, New Jersey, and died in Palo Alto, California. He received master’s and doctoral degrees in American history from Columbia University. He taught at City College of New York, Hunter College, Adelphi University, New York University, and Vassar College, before joining the faculty at Stanford University. … Continued
(1937-2015) Novelist. Robert Stone was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Key West, Florida.
(1918-2015) Writer, scholar. Harry V. Jaffa was born in New York City and died in Pomona, California.