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Ernest Kinoy

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(1925-2014) Writer. Ernest Kinoy was born in New York City and died in Townshend, Vermont. He wrote Emmy Award-winning episodes of “The Defenders” and Roots.”

Allan Mark Kornblum

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(1949-2014) Publisher. Allan Kornblum was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He founded the Coffee House Press.

Mark Apter Strand

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(1934-2014) Poet. Mark Strand was born in Summerside on Prince Edward Island in Canada, and died in Brooklyn, New York. He was named Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1990-1991 and awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1999.

Brumsic Brandon Jr

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(1927-2014) Cartoonist. Brumsic Brandon Jr. was born in Washington, District of Columbia, and died in Cocoa Beach, Florida. He was the creator of “Luther,” a nationally syndicated comic strip. Mr. Brandon studied art at New York University and later resettled on Long Island in New York.

Geoffrey Lamont Holder

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(1930-2014) Author. Geoffrey Holder was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, and died in Manhattan, New York. Mr. Holder moved to New York City in the 1950s.

Marian Hall Seldes

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(1928-2014) Author. Marian Seldes was born and died in Manhattan, New York. She was the daughter of the author Gilbert Seldes.

Gilbert Vivian Seldes

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(1893-1970) Journalist, playwright, author. Gilbert Seldes was born in Alliance, New Jersey, and died in Manhattan, New York. He was the father of the author Marion Hall Seldes.