Antje Katcher
(1948-2014) Poet. Antje Katcher was born in Kiel, Germany. She moved from Germany to New York in 1969.
Type: NY State
Gregory White Smith
(1951-2014) Author. Gregory White Smith was born in Ithaca, New York, and died in Aiken, South Carolina. He collaborated on several books with Steven Naifeh.
L. Jay Oliva
(1933-2014) Author. L. Jay Oliva was born in Walden, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York.
William Homes Honan
(1930-2014) Journalist, author. William H. Honan was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Norwalk, Connecticut. He was the culture editor for The New York Times in the 1980s. He was a brother of the biographer, Park Honan.
Martin Gottfried
(1933-2014) Critic, author. Martin Gottfried was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York.
Joe McGinniss
(1942-2014) Author, journalist. Joe McGinniss was born in New York City, grew up in Rye, New York, and died in Worcester, Massachusetts. He wrote the books, “The Selling of the President” and “Fatal Vision.”
Jonathan Larson
(1960-1996) Playwright. Jonathan Larson was born in White Plains, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York. He was the composer and author of the Musical “Rent.”
Lorenzo Semple Jr.
(1923-2014) Playwright, screenwriter. Lorenzo Semple Jr. was born in New Rochelle, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California.
Peter Matthiessen
(1927-2014) Writer. Peter Matthiessen was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Sagaponack, New York.
John R. Huizenga
(1921-2014) Author. John R. Huizenga was born in Fulton, Illinois, and died in San Diego, California. Dr. Huizenga began teaching at the University of Rochester in New York in 1967 and remained there until his retirement.