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Demetrios Papademetriou

(1946-2022) Scholar, author. Demetrios Papademetriou was born in Patras, Greece, and died in Washington, District of Columbia. He taught for a time at the New School for Social Research in New York.

Jay Wolpert

(1942-2022) Screenwriter. Jay Wolpert was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California.

Lionel Abel

(1910-2001) Playwright, essayist, novelist. Lionel Abel was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York.

Dan Graham

(1942-2022) Artist, author. Dan Graham was born in Urbana, Illinois, and died in Manhattan, New York.

Joey Adams

(1911-1999) Comedian, author. Joey Adams was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York. As a comedian and an actor, Mr. Adams performed in the Catskills and in New York City.

Cy Adler

(1927-2018) Author. Cy Adler was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York. He taught physics and math at several schools and colleges in the New York City area.

Fred Ferretti

(1932-2022) Journalist, author. Fred Ferretti was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Montclair, New Jersey. He was a writer for The New York Times, Gourmet magazine, and The New York Herald Tribune.

Nelson W. Aldrich Jr.

(1935-2022) Author, magazine editor. Nelson W. Aldrich Jr. was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and died in North Stonington, Connecticut.