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Marty Jezer

(1940-2005) Activist, author. Marty Jezer was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Brattleboro, Vermont.

Christine Jorgensen

(1926-1989) Actress, author. Christine Jorgensen was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in San Clemente, California. She was the first person to become widely known in the United States for having sex reassignment surgery.

Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan

(1934-1983) Author. Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan was born in the Bronx, New York, and died in Brooklyn, New York. He was a writer on religion and philosophy.

Colin Powell

(1937-2021) Military leader, memorist. Colin Powell was born in Harlem, Manhattan, New York, and died in Bethesda, Maryland.

Dr. Eric Cassell

(1928-2021) Medical ethicist, author. Dr. Eric Cassell was born in New York and died in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.

Anni Bergman

(1919-2021) Psychoanalyst, author. Anni Bergman was born in Vienna, Austria, and died in Manhattan, New York.

Edward Keating

(1956-2021) Potographer, author. Edward Keating was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, and died in Manhattan, New York.

Martin Sherwin

(1937-2021) Biographer, historian. Martin Sherwin was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Washington, District of Columbia.