L. Jay Oliva
(1933-2014) Author. L. Jay Oliva was born in Walden, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York.
Type: NY State
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.
Morris Bishop
(1893-1973) Author. Morris Bishop spent most of his life in New York and was associated with Cornell University.
Molly Anderson Haley
(1888-????) Poet. Molly Whitford Anderson Haley was born in 1888. She lived in Plandome Heights, New York.
Pete Seeger
(1919-2014) Songwriter. Pete Seeger was born in and died in Manhattan, New York.