Linda Crawford of Southold, N.Y., formerly of Manhattan, born on Aug. 2, 1938, age 85, passed away peacefully in Acadia Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Riverhead on Nov. 10, 2023.
Linda was born in Detroit, Michigan and attended the University of Michigan where she earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English Literature. She then worked as an entertainment writer for the Chicago Tribune. After a stay in Malibu, Cali., she moved to the East Coast where she split her time between New York City and the North Fork. She did odd jobs such as fruit picking for Wickham Farms, but concentrated mostly on her love of writing and wrote and published four novels. She also worked as an editor for The Suffolk Times newspaper.
Linda is survived by spouse Sandra Scoppettone, and two brothers, Richard Crawford of Michigan, Jeffrey Crawford of Ohio, and a sister Jill Kartalia of Md. as well as many nieces and nephews.
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