Bill C. Davis
(1951-2021) Playwright. William C. Davis was born in Ellenville, New York, and died in Torrington, Connecticut.
Type: NY State
Athena Vavuras Lord
(1932-2020) Author. Athena Vavuras Lord was born in Cohoes, New York, and died in Washington, District of Columbia. She was honored as a “Literary Legend” by the Albany Public Library.
Floyd Little
(1942-2021) Memoirist. Floyd Little was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, and died in Henderson, Nevada. He wrote a memoir with Tom Mackie.
Frank Graham
(1893-1965) Sports journalist. Frank Graham was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in the Bronx, New York. He was a sportswriter writing for the New York Sun and the New York Journal-American.
James Ridgeway
(1936-2021) Journalist. James Ridgeway was born in Auburn, New York, and died in Washington, District of Columbia.
Jack Schwartz
(1938-2021) Writer, editor. Jack Schwartz was born in and died in the Bronx, New York. He worked for The New York Times and Newsday.
David Hall
(1916-2012) Writer, sound archivist. David Hall was born in New Rochelle, New York, and died in Castine, Maine.
Ben Bova
(1932-2020) Science fiction author, editor. Ben Bova was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died in Naples, Florida. He received a master’s degree from the State University of New York at Albany and taught science fiction at the Hayden Planetarium in Manhattan, New York.
Anthony Veasna So
(1992-2020) Author. Anthony Veasna So was born in Stockton, California, and died in San Francisco, California. He received a master’s degree in creative writing from Syracuse University.
Henry Haller
(1923-2020) Author. Henry Haller was born in Altdorf, Switzerland, and died in Gaithersburg, Maryland.