Curtis Bill Pepper
(1917-2014) Author, reporter. Curtis Bill Pepper was born in Huntington, West Virginia, and died in Todi, Italy. He and his wife, Beverly Pepper, had homes in Todi, Italy, and in Manhattan, New York.
Type: NY City
Phyllis Krasilovsky
(1926-2014) Writer. Phyllis Krasilovsky was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Redding, Connecticut. She wrote children’s books and travel articles for The New York Times, The Washington Post and other newspapers and magazines.
Peter Rona
(1934-2014) Author. Peter Rona was born in Trenton, New Jersey, and died in Plainsboro, New Jersey. He did research on oceanographic gear at Columbia University.
Bill Adler
(1929-2014) Writer, editor. Bill Adler was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York.
Russel Crouse
(1893-1966) Playwright, librettist. Russel Crouse was born in Findlay, Ohio, and died in New York City. He was well-known for his work with Howard Lindsay.
Leslie Lee
(1930-2014) Playwright. Leslie Lee was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, and died in Manhattan, New York.
Douglas Davis
(1933-2014) Critic. Douglas Davis was born in Washington, District Of Columbia, and died in Queens, New York. He moved to New York in the late 1960s and was an art critic for Newsweek.
Theodore Millon
(1928-2014) Author. Theodore Millon was born in Manhattan, New York, and grew up in the Bensonhurst neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from Lafayette High School in 1945. He graduated from City College of New York, in 1950 earning bachelor’s degrees in psychology, physics, and philosophy. Dr. Millon died in Greenville Township, New York.
Richard Grossman
(1921-2014) Publisher, author. Richard Grossman was born in Chicago, Illinois, and moved to New York City as a child. He studied at City College of New York. Mr. Grossman died in Salisbury, Connecticut.
Rene Ricard
(1946-2014) Poet, art critic. Rene Ricard was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and died in Manhattan, New York.