(1908-2005) Writer, artist. Joe Grant was born in New York, New York, and died in Glendale, California. He was an artist and writer for Walt Disney. He collaborated on the scripts for “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” “Pinocchio,” “Fantasia,” and “Der Fuehrer’s Face.”
(1927-2013) Author. Halton C. Arp was born in New York City and died in Munich, Germany. He authored books about astronomy.
(1916-2013) Author. Anna E. Crouse was born in and died in Manhattan, New York. She graduated from Horace Mann and attended Barnard College. She helped establish the TKTS booth in Duffy Square in Manhattan, New York.
(1934-2014) Poet, playwright. Amiri Baraka was born in and died in Newark, New Jersey. He was also known as Everett Leroy Jones, LeRoi Jones, and Imamu Ameer Baraka.
(1942-2013) Author. Michael Palmer was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, and died in Queens, New York.
(1915-2013) Journalist. Penn Kimball was born in New Britain, Connecticut, and died in Chevy Chase, Maryland. He wrote for Time and The New York Times.
(1862-1942) Author, poet. Carolyn Wells was born in Rahway, New Jersey, and died in Manhattan, New York.
(1941-2013) Author. Jean Anyon was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. She was a professor of education policy at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
(1924-2013) Author. Marcella Hazan was born in the village of Cesenatico in Emilia-Romagna, and died in Longboat Key, Florida. She lived and worked in New York City.
(1921-2013) Poet. James A. Emanuel was born in Alliance, Nebraska, and died in Paris, France.