Elisabeth Young-Bruehl
(1946-2011) Biographer. Elisabeth Bulkley Young was born in Elkton, Maryland, and died in Toronto, Canada.
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Jerry Robinson
(1922-2011) Historian. Jerry Robinson was born in Trenton, New Jersey, and died in Staten Island, New York. He was a comic-book artist, comics historian, and editorial cartoonist. He was best known as the creator of the Joker, the archnemesis of DC Comics’ Batman. He wrote more than two dozen books on the history of comics.
David Montgomery
(1927-2011) Author. David Montgomery was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, and died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He worked as a machinist in New York during the 1950s.
Mary Flug Handlin
(1913-1976) Author. Mary Flug Handlin was born in New York City and died in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
David Zelag Goodman
(1930-2011) Screenwriter. David Zelag Goodman was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Oakland, California.
Derrick Bell
(1930-2011) Writer. Derrick Bell was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and died in Manhattan, New York.
Piri Thomas
(1928-2011) Author, poet. Piri Thomas was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in El Cerrito, California.
John M Blum
(1921-2011) Historian. John M. Blum was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in North Branford, Connecticut.
Florence Parry Heide
(1919-2011) Writer, poet. Florence Parry Heide was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and died in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Ruby Cohn
(1922-2011) Writer. Ruby Cohn was born in Columbus, Ohio, and died in Oakland, California. She moved with her family to New York City where she attended high school and graduated from Hunter College.