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Nicole Holofcener

American director and screenwriter.

Born March 22nd, 1960 (age 66 years) in New York City.

Huntz Hall

American actor (1920–1999).

Born August 15th, 1920 in New York City.

Died January 30th, 1999 at 78 years old in North Hollywood (heart failure).

Aamina Sheikh

Pakistani actress.

Born August 29th, 1981 (age 44 years) in New York City.

Alan Dean Foster

American fiction writer.

Born November 18th, 1946 (age 79 years) in New York City.

Stephen Schwartz

American musical theatre lyricist and composer.

Born March 6th, 1948 (age 78 years) in New York City.

Harry Cohn

American film studio executive (1891-1958).

Born July 23rd, 1891 in New York City.

Died February 27th, 1958 at 66 years old in Phoenix (myocardial infarction).

E. L. Doctorow

Novelist, editor, professor (1931-2015).

Born January 6th, 1931 in New York City. [ref]

Died July 21st, 2015 at 84 years old in Manhattan (lung cancer). [ref]

Robert Moog

American electronic music pioneer and inventor (1934-2005).

Born May 23rd, 1934 in New York City.

Died August 21st, 2005 at 71 years old in Asheville (brain cancer). [ref]

Mark Slade

American actor, artist, author.

Born May 1st, 1939 (age 87 years) in New York City.

Eliot Engel

American politician (1947 – 2026).

Born February 18th, 1947 in New York City.

Died April 10th, 2026 at 79 years old in New York City. [ref]

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