(1945-2016) Cartoonist. Michael Crawford was born in Oswego, New York, and died in Kingston, New York. He had been a cartoonist at The New Yorker. His work has also appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal.
(1949-2017) Editor, columnist. Kate O’Beirne was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in McLean, Virginia. She wrote the “Bread and Circuses” column for National Review.
(1927-2017) Writer, illustrator. Peter Spier was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and died in Port Jefferson, New York. He was an award-winning children’s-book author and illustrator.
(1925-2017) Translator. Burton Watson was born in New Rochelle, New York, and died in Kamagaya, Japan.
(1859-1926) Author. Thomas Mott Osborne was born in and died in Auburn, New York.
(1936-2017) Author, poet. Nancy Willard was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She taught at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. She died in Poughkeepsie, New York.
(1945-2017) Cartoonist, writer. Jay Lynch was born in Orange, New Jersey, and died in Candor, New York. He was a creator of underground comics. His work included Bijou Funnies, Phoebe and the Pigeon People, Nard n’ Pat, and Bazooka Joe.
(1942-2017) Novelist. Howard Frank Mosher was born in Kingston, New York, and died in Irasburg, Vermont.
(1948-2017) Author. Barbara Harlow was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and died in Austin, Texas. She received her doctorate at the State University of New York, Buffalo, New York.
(1922-2017) Author. Lt. Gen. Harold Moore was born in Bardstown, Kentucky, and died in Auburn, Alabama. He was a graduate of the United State Military Academy at West Point.