(1921-2013) Historian, biographer. Robert Remini was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Evanston, Illinois. He was a graduate of Fordham University and received his doctorate in history at Columbia University. He taught at Columbia and Fordham Universities.
(1929-2013) Writer. Stan Isaacs was born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, and died in Haverford, Pennsylvania. He was a reporter for Newsday and wrote the column Out Of Left Field.
(1927-2013) Author. Lawrence Fuchs was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Canton, Massachusetts.
(1918-2013) Author. Mariam Chamberlain was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, and died in Manhattan, New York. She was the author of numerous articles on women’s roles in higher education and other sectors.
(1926-2013) Cartoonist. Ed Fisher was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Canaan, Connecticut. His work appeared in many publications including The Saturday Review, Harper’s, The Antioch Review, The Christian Science Monitor, and the New Yorker.
(1928-2013) Writer. Robert Byrne was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Ossining, New York. He was the chess columnist for The New York Times from 1972 to 2006.
(1935-2013) Writer. Mickey Rose was born in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, New York, and died in Beverly Hills, California. Mr. Rose was a writer for the “Dean Martin Show” and contributed stories to “All in the Family”, “The Odd Couple” and “Too Close For Comfort”.
(1942-2013) Author. Martin Zweig was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and died in Fisher Island, Florida. He taught at Baruch College in Manhattan and Iona College in New Rochelle, New York. He was the author of two popular books.
(1918-2013) Biographer. Joseph Frank was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Palo Alto, California.
(1927-2013) Writer. Anthony Lewis was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Cambridge, Massachusetts.