Herbert Elliott Schapiro
(1929-2014) Playwright. Herb Schapiro was born in and died in Brooklyn, New York.
Type: NY City
Clare Boothe Luce
(1903-1987) Playwright. Clare Boothe Luce was born in New York City and died in Washington, District of Columbia.
George McManus
(1884-1954) Cartoonist, author. George McManus was born in Saint Louis, Missouri, and died in Santa Monica, California.
J W Hastings
(1927-2014) Author. J. W. Hastings was born in Salisbury, Maryland, and died in Lexington, Massachusetts.
Jim Frederick
(1971-2014) Journalist. Jim Frederick was born in Lake Forest, Illinois, and died in Oakland, California.
Robert H Ellsworth
(1929-2014) Author. Robert H. Ellsworth was born in and died in Manhattan, New York.
Isaac Kaufman Funk
(1839-1912) Editor, publisher. Isaac Kaufman Funk was born in Clifton, Ohio, and died in Montclair, New Jersey. He founded I. K. Funk and Company which later became known as Funk and Wagnalls.
Lyalya Kaufman
(1887-1964) Writer. Lyalya Kaufman was born in Belaya Tserkov, near Kiev, Russia, and died in New York City. She was the eldest daughter of Sholem Aleichem and mother of the novelest, Bel Kaufman. She contributed about 2,000 of her short stories to the Jewish Daily Forward.
Leonard Fein
(1934-2014) Writer. Leonard Fein was born in New York City and died in Manhattan, New York. He was a writer about Jewish affairs for The Jewish Daily Forward and contributed to other publications including The New York Times. He was the brother of the author, Rashi Fein.
Bob Hart
(1931-2014) Poet. Bob Hart was born in 1931 and died in 2014.