Charles Davenport Champlin
(1926-2014) Critic, memoirist. Charles Champlin was born in Bath, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California. He was a movie critic for The Los Angeles Times from 1967 until 1980, and also reviewed books.
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Carolyn Ashley Kizer
(1924-2014) Poet. Carolyn Kizer was born in Spokane, Washington, and died in Sonoma, California. Ms. Kizer studied at Sarah Lawrence College and at Columbia University.
Ali Al’Amin Mazrui
(1933-2014) Author. Ali Al’Amin Mazrui was born in Mombasa, Kenya, and died in Vestal, New York.
Elihu Root
(1845-1937) Author. Elihu Root was born in Clinton, New York, and died in New York City.
Galway Mills Kinnell
(1927-2014) Poet. Galway Kinnell was born in Providence, Rhode Island, and died in Sheffield, Vermont. He received a master’s degree from the University of Rochester.
Lillian Roth
(1910-1980) Author. Lillian Roth was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and died in New York City.
Msgr Lorenzo Albacete
(1941-2014) Author. Msgr. Lorenzo Albacete was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and died in Dobbs Ferry, New York. He wrote articles about religion for the New York Times Magazine and The New Yorker, and he was a professor of theology at St. Joseph Seminary and lived in Yonkers, New York.
S Donald Stookey
(1915-2014) Author. S. Donald Stookey was born in Hay Springs, Nebraska, and died in Rochester, New York.
Dorothy Salisbury Davis
(1916-2014) Novelist. Dorothy Salisbury Davis was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in Palisades, New York.
Mervyn Wilfred Susser
(1921-2014) Author. Mervyn Susser was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and died in Hastings-On-Hudson, New York. He became chairman of the division of epidemiology at Columbia University in 1966.