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Natalie Zane Moore Babbitt

(1932-2016) Author. Natalie Babbitt was born in Dayton, Ohio, and died in Hamden, Connecticut. Ms. Babbitt taught at and her husband was president of Kirkland College in Clinton, New York.

William H. McNeill

(1917-2016) Author, historian. William H. McNeill was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, and died in Torrington, Connecticut.

John Kerr

(1950-2016) Author. John Kerr was born in Washington, District of Columbia, and died in Portland, Maine. He was the son of critic, Walter Kerr, and writer, Jean Kerr.

Thomas Kiernan

(1933-2003) Biographer, author. Thomas Kiernan was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, and died in Peapack-Gladstone, New Jersey. Much of his adult life was spent in New York City.

Sydney H. Schanberg

(1934-2016) Journalist. Sydney H. Schanberg was born in Clinton, Massachusetts, and died in Poughkeepsie, New York. He had been a correspondent for the The New York Times.