Dr. John Sarno
(1923-2017) Author. Dr. John Sarno was born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, and died in Danbury, Connecticut.
Type: NY State
Jean Fritz
(1915-2017) Writer. Jean Fritz was born in Hankow (Hankou), China, and died in Sleepy Hollow, New York. She was an award-winning writer who wrote history books for children.
Roger Ailes
(1940-2017) Author. Roger Ailes was born in Warren, Ohio.
Stanley Greene
(1949-2017) Photojournalist. Stanley Greene was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Paris, France.
Robert H. Boyle
(1928-2017) Sportswriter. Robert H. Boyle was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Cooperstown, New York. He was a writer for Sports Illustrated.
Alistair Horne
(1925-2017) Historian. Alistair Horne was born in London, England, and died in Turville, Buckinghamshire, England.
Edith Shiffert
(1916-2017) Poet. Edith Shiffert was born in Toronto, Canada, and died in Kyoto, Japan. As a child, she lived for a time in Rochester, New York.
Michael Thomas Crawford
(1945-2016) Cartoonist. Michael Crawford was born in Oswego, New York, and died in Kingston, New York. He had been a cartoonist at The New Yorker. His work has also appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal.
Kate Monica (Walsh) O’Beirne
(1949-2017) Editor, columnist. Kate O’Beirne was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in McLean, Virginia. She wrote the “Bread and Circuses” column for National Review.
Peter Spier
(1927-2017) Writer, illustrator. Peter Spier was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and died in Port Jefferson, New York. He was an award-winning children’s-book author and illustrator.