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Type: NY State

Martin Schofield Quigley Jr

(1917-2011) Author. Martin Quigley Jr. was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in West Hartford, Connecticut. He lived in Larchmont, New York, and was twice elected mayor there.

Jean Kerr

(1922-2003) Author, playwright. Jean Kerr was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and died in White Plains, New York. She was married to Walter Kerr and the mother of the author, John Michael Kerr.

Ben Pleasants

(1940-2013) Poet, playwright. Ben Pleasants was born in Weehawken, New Jersey, and died Crescent City, California. He graduated from Hofstra University.

Harold Marshall Schmeck Jr

(1923-2013) Writer. Harold M. Schmeck was born in Tonawanda, New York, and died in Hyannis, Massachusetts. He was a science writer for The New York Times for more than 30 years.

Ruth Waterbury

(1896-1982) Writer. Ruth Waterbury was born in New York, and died in Newbury Park, California. She was an editor of Photoplay and Silver Screen magazines. She had been a writer for The New York Daily News, The Los Angeles Herald, and Coronet Magazine.