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Lt. Gen. Harold Moore

(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.

James Stevenson

(1929-2017) Cartoonist. James Stevenson was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Cos Cob, Connecticut. He worked for nearly 50 years at The New Yorker.

John McGahern

(1934-2006) Novelist. John McGahern was born in and died in Dublin, Ireland. He was a visiting professor at Colgate University for many years.

Thomas Norman Lux

(1946-2017) Poet. Thomas Lux was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, and died at his home in Atlanta, Georgia. He taught at Sarah Lawrence College for more than twenty years.

Ken Hechler

(1914-2016) Author. Ken Hechler was born in Roslyn, New York, and died in Romney, West Virginia.

Arthur H. Cash

(1922-2016) Writer. Arthur H. Cash was born in Gary, Indiana, and died in Watch Hill, Rhode Island. He taught at the State University of New York at New Paltz for many years.

Brock Yates

(1933-2016) Writer, journalist. Brock Yates was born in Lockport, New York, and died in Batavia, New York. He authored several books and also wrote for The Washington Post, Playboy, and The American Spectator.

Jacob Neusner

(1932-2016) Historian. Jacob Neusner was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and died in Rhinebeck, New York.