Baxter Black
(1945-2022) Poet. Baxter Black was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died near Benson, Arizona. He was best known as a cowboy poet.
Type: NY City
Jeffrey Escoffier
(1942-2022) Author. Jeffrey Escoffier was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and died in Brooklyn, New York.
Gerome Ragni
(1935-1991) Playwright, lyricist. Gerome Ragni was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and died in Manhattan, New York. He was a co-creator of the Musical “Hair.”
Rev. James Vila Blake
(1842-1925) Essayist, playwright, hymn writer, poet. James Vila Blake was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Chicago, Illinois.
Burton S. Blumert
(1929-2009) Writer, publisher. Burton Blumert was born in Brooklyn, New York.
Herbert Wolcott Bowen
(1856-1927) Diplomat, author, poet. Herbert Wolcott Bowen was born in Brooklyn, New York. He practiced law in New York City.
Hunter S. Thompson
(1937-2005) Journalist. Hunter S. Thompson was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and died in Woody Creek, Colorado.
Bernard Bragg
(1928-2018) Author. Bernard Bragg was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California.
Richard Taruskin
(1945-2022) Author, critic. Richard Taruskin was born in Queens, New York, and died in Oakland, California.
Suzi Gablik
(1934-2022) Art critic, author. Suzi Gablik was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Blacksburg, Virginia.