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Jack Daniels

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Jack Daniels (1933-2025) Exercise physiologist, running coach, author. Jack Daniels was born in Detroit, Michigan, and died in Cortland, New York.

Patrick McGovern

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Patrick McGovern (1944-2025) Ancient foods expert, archaeologist, author. Patrick McGovern was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, and died in Media, Pennsylvania.

Marilyn Diamond

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Marilyn Diamond (1944-2025) Author. Marilyn Diamond was born in Washington, District of Columbia, and died in Roanoke, Virginia. She lived for a time in Westchester County, New York.

Ken Dryden

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Ken Dryden (1947-2025) Professional hockey player, memoirist. Ken Dryden was born in Hamilton, Ontario, and died in Toronto, Ontario. He received a bachelor’s degree in history from Cornell University.

Michael Seltzer

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Michael Seltzer (1947-2025) Educator. Michael Seltzer was born in Manhattan, New York, and died on Governor Island, Connecticut.

Maureen Brady

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Maureen Brady has published four novels and three nonfiction books. Her novel, Tessa’s Landing, is due out September 26, 2026, with Rootstock Publishing. She teaches creative writing at New York University School of Professional Studies and Peripatetic Writing Workshop and lives between Woodstock and New York City.

Vivian Ayers Allen

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Vivian Ayers Allen (1923-2025) Poet, playwright, activist. Vivian Ayers Allen was born in Chester, South Carolina, and died in California. She moved to Mount Vernon, New York.

Margaret W. Rossiter

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Margaret W. Rossiter (1944-2025) Historian, author. Margaret W. Rossiter was born in Malden, Massachusetts, and died in Salem, Massachusetts. She began teaching at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, in 1986 and retired in 2017.

Carol Saline

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Carol Saline (1939-2025) Journalist. Carol Saline was born in and died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She received a bachelor’s degree from Syracuse University.

Sheila R. Canby

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Sheila R. Canby (1949-2025) Curator, author. Sheila R. Canby was born in Wilmington, Delaware, and died in Milford, Delaware. She received a bachelor’s degree in French art from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1970, and was curator of the Department of Islamic Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in Manhattan, New York, … Continued