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==Notable people== {{Category see also|People from Rockleigh, New Jersey}} People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Rockleigh include: * [[Frank Cumiskey]] (1912β2004), [[Gymnastics|gymnast]] who competed in the [[1932 Summer Olympics]], in the [[1936 Summer Olympics]], and in the [[1948 Summer Olympics]]<ref name=DR2018>Nutt, Bill. [https://www.dailyrecord.com/story/entertainment/2018/01/30/nj-women-first-us-gymnastics-team-spotlight-centenary/1035438001/ "NJ women on first US gymnastics team in spotlight at Centenary"], ''[[Daily Record (New Jersey)|Daily Record]]'', January 30, 2018. Accessed January 3, 2024. "Bosco provided details about Adaβs life. Soon after the 1936 games, she married another Olympic gymnast from New Jersey, Frank Cumiskey. He had previously medaled in the 1932 Olympics and would later go on to compete in the 1948 games. The Cumiskeys lived in Rockleigh, where Ada gave birth to twin girls and a son."</ref> * [[Brian Daley]] (1947β1996), [[science fiction]] novelist<ref>[http://www.brian-daley.com/BrianDaley-bio.htm Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212214625/http://www.brian-daley.com/BrianDaley-bio.htm |date=December 12, 2017 }}, Brian-Daley.com. Accessed August 12, 2015. "Brian was born in Englewood Hospital in Englewood, New Jersey on Dec. 22, 1947.... He grew up in Rockleigh, NJ."</ref> * [[Will Elder]] (1921β2008), illustrator and comic book artist who worked in numerous areas of commercial art but is best known for a zany cartoon style that helped launch [[Harvey Kurtzman]]'s ''[[Mad (magazine)|Mad]]'' comic book in 1952<ref>[[Kenneth T. Jackson|Jackson, Kenneth T.]] [https://books.google.com/books?id=L8paAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Elder+resided+at+the+Jewish+Home%22 ''The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives: 2006-2008''], p. 124. [[Charles Scribner's Sons]], 1998. {{ISBN|9780684315751}}. Accessed April 21, 2017. "In his last years Elder resided at the Jewish Home in Rockleigh. He died from complications due to Parkinson's disease."</ref> * [[Daniel Leo (mobster)|Daniel Leo]] (born 1941), acting boss of the [[Genovese crime family]] who was sentenced in 2008 to five years in prison for racketeering and loansharking<ref>Bautista, Justo. [http://www.northjersey.com/news/012710_Reputed_crime_boss_pleads_guilty_to_racketeering_charges_.html "Reputed acting crime boss pleads guilty to racketeering charges"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', January 27, 2010. Accessed November 4, 2013. "Daniel 'The Lion' Leo of Rockleigh, the reputed acting boss of the Genovese crime family, pleaded guilty to racketeering charges Wednesday in Manhattan federal court."</ref> * [[Ada Lunardoni]] (1911β2003), artistic gymnast who competed at the [[1936 Summer Olympics]] and placed fifth with the team<ref name=DR2018/> * [[Willard Marshall]] (1921β2000), former MLB [[right fielder]] who played for the [[New York Giants (NL)|New York Giants]], [[Boston Braves (baseball)|Boston Braves]], [[Cincinnati Reds]] and [[Chicago White Sox]]<ref>Heyde, Jack. [https://books.google.com/books?id=5uN4pckb4AAC&pg=PA48 ''Pop Flies and Line Drives: Visits with Players from Baseball's Golden Era''], p. 48. [[Trafford Publishing]], 2004. {{ISBN|9781412038898}}. Accessed May 24, 2016. "Willard lives in a grand old home on a large, gorgeous tree-studded property in rural Rockleigh."</ref> * [[Hy Weiss]] (1923β2007), early [[rock and roll]] record producer<ref>[[Ben Sisario|Sisario, Ben]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/31/obituaries/31weiss.html "Hy Weiss, 84, Music Executive From Rock 'n' Roll's Early Days, Dies"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', March 31, 2007. Accessed November 4, 2013. "Hy Weiss, a music executive from the hardscrabble early days of rock 'n' roll, died on March 20 in Englewood, N.J. He was 84 and lived in Rockleigh, N.J."</ref>
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