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Edwin Honig

(1919-2011) Poet, critic, translator. Edwin Honig was born in Brooklyn, New York and died in Providence, Rhode Island.

Leo Rangell

(1913-2011) Author. Leo Rangell was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California.

E M Broner

(1927-2011) Writer. E. M. Broner was born in Detroit, Michigan, and died in Manhattan, New York.

Robert Sklar

(1936-2011) Historian. Robert Sklar was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and died in Barcelona, Spain.

Betty Ford

(1918-2011) Author. Betty Ford was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in Palm Springs, California. She lived for a time in Manhattan, New York, and attended dance classes with Martha Graham.

Sam Denoff

(1928-2011) Writer. Sam Denoff was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California. He was an Emmy-winning writer who wrote for several television shows including “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” “That Girl,” “The Steve Allen Show,” and “The Andy Williams Show.”

Sherwood Schwartz

(1916-2011) Writer. Sherwood Schwartz was born in Passaic, New Jersey, and died in Los Angeles, California. He was the creator of the television sitcoms, “Gilligan’s Island” and “The Brady Bunch,” and he wrote the theme songs for each of the shows. Mr. Schwartz was a writer for “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet,” when it … Continued