(1933-2023) Master woodcarver, memoirist. Gerry Holzman was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Brunswick, Maine. He was known as the head carver and fund-raiser of the Empire State Carousel, now housed at the Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown, New York.
(1926-2023) Artist, memoirist. Hanna Eshel was born in Jerusalem, and died in the Bronx, New York.
(1940-2023) Novelist. John Nichols was born in Berkeley, California, and died in Taos, New Mexico.
(1922-2023) Screenwriter. Norman Lear was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and died in Los Angeles, California.
(1931-2023) Actress, writer. Ellen Holly was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in the Bronx, New York. As an actor, she performed in several Broadway productions.
(1924-2023) Novelist. Herbert Gold was born in Lakewood, Ohio, and died in San Francisco, California.
(1894-1980) Journalist, writer, translator, critic. Mildred Adams lived and died in New York City.
(1926-2023) Editor, journalist, author. Charles Peters was born in Charleston, West Virginia, and died in Washington, District of Columbia.
(1867-1936) Writer, art critic. Elisabeth Luther Cary was born in and died in Brooklyn, New York.
(1918-1965) Photojournalist, war correspondent, author. Dickey Chapelle was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and died near Chu Lai, Quang Ngai, South Vietnam. She had a home in Manhattan, New York.