(1940-2014) Editor, author. Michael Janeway was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Lakeville, Connecticut. He was the son of the novelist Elizabeth Ames Hall Janeway. He had been an editor for The Boston Globe and an executive editor for The Atlantic Monthly.
(1919-2014) Author. Roger Hilsman was born in Waco, Texas, and died in Ithaca, New York. He wrote the book “To Move a Nation: The Politics of Foreign Policy in the Administration of John F. Kennedy.”
(1936-2014) Author. David Brenner was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died in Manhattan, New York. He was the author of several books.
(1927-2014) Author. Murray L. Weidenbaum was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in St. Louis, Missouri. He was the author of “Advising Reagan: Making Economic Policy, 1981-82.”
(1923-2014) Playwright. Gene Feist was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Englewood, New Jersey.
(1924-2014) Critic. Joseph Kerman was born in London and died in Berkeley, California.
(1943-2014) Author. Jonathan Schell was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Brooklyn, New York. He was the author of best-selling nonfiction books exploring warfare. He had been a writer for The New Yorker, and had taught at New York University.
(1929-2014) Author. James R. Schlesinger was born in New York City and died in Baltimore, Maryland. He was the author of “America At Century’s End.”
(1919-2014) Writer. Eddie Lawrence was born in New York and died in Manhattan, New York. He was best known for his “Old Philosopher” records.
(1943-2014) Journalist, author. Robert Slater was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Jerusalem. He wrote for TIME magazine, UPI, and The Jerusalem Report.