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Benjamin R. Barber, Author of ‘Jihad vs. McWorld,’ Dies at 77

2017-04-25T21:42:13+0000

Mr. Barber’s 1995 book presciently analyzed the forces leading to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and the rise in tribalism around the world.


Benjamin Mkapa, Ex-President of Tanzania, Dies at 81

2020-07-24T12:05:17+0000

Mr. Mkapa served two terms, from 1995 to 2005. The third president of his country since independence, he was the first democratically elected leader after its transition to multiparty politics.


Benjamin Smalls, Jailhouse Lawyer and Prison Reformer, Dies at 72

2020-05-31T17:21:31+0000

To fellow inmates, he was known as the Elder Statesman, and his cell was cluttered with legal papers. He died of the novel coronavirus.


Paul Benjamin, a ‘Corner Man’ in ‘Do the Right Thing,’ Is Dead

2019-07-05T21:55:00+0000

In a career that lasted almost half a century, he also appeared onscreen opposite Clint Eastwood and other stars and was frequently seen on television.


Benjamin Netanyahu and the Death of the Zionist Dream

2019-04-18T05:00:05+0000

Israel’s founding fathers are turning in their graves.


Death of a Downtown Icon: Remembering Benjamin Cho

2017-06-11T04:00:37+0000

For a time, Mr. Cho, a fashion designer and D.J., was the most popular man below 14th Street. Then the music stopped.


Benjamin R. Barber, Author of ‘Jihad vs. McWorld,’ Dies at 77

2017-04-25T21:42:13+0000

Mr. Barber’s 1995 book presciently analyzed the forces leading to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and the rise in tribalism around the world.


Benjamin Gilman, a New York Congressman for 30 Years, Dies at 94

2016-12-18T03:57:17+0000

Mr. Gilman was a chairman of the House International Relations Committee and a leading Republican critic of the Clinton administration’s foreign policy strategies.


Benjamin Payton, Transformative Leader of Tuskegee University, Dies at 83

2016-10-12T01:34:54+0000

Dr. Payton turned the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama into a prominent historically black university over nearly three decades as its president.


Benjamin F. Logan, Engineer by Day and Bluegrass Fiddler by Night, Dies at 87

2015-05-05T20:44:30+0000

Balancing these two seemingly mismatched passions, Dr. Logan wrote songs covered by the likes of Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash, and devised methods and devices at AT&T Bell Laboratories.



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Monti Rock III, Gleefully Untalented ‘Tonight Show’ Favorite, Dies at 86

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 23:50:24 +0000

He couldn’t sing, dance or tell funny stories. But Johnny Carson loved him and his persona: a D-list star clinging to celebrity.

Karen Petrou, Influential Fiscal Policy Analyst and Critic, Dies at 72

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 02:10:11 +0000

Her insights on financial regulations and monetary policy guided big banks and Washington policymakers.

Alexander Butterfield, Who Revealed Nixon Tapes in Watergate Scandal, Dies at 99

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 21:18:33 +0000

“There is tape in the Oval Office,” said Mr. Butterfield, a former White House aide, in testimony that rocked the Watergate hearings and led to the president’s resignation.

Bo Gritz, Vietnam Veteran Called a Real-Life Rambo, Dies at 87

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 18:24:40 +0000

He served in the Special Forces, led a postwar raid to find P.O.W.s and became a voice of the right-wing anti-government fringe.

Bernard Lafayette Jr., 85, Dies; Civil Rights Leader Helped Plan Selma March

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 17:06:30 +0000

A close associate of Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis, he was involved in many of the key moments of the Black freedom struggle in the 1960s.

Colman McCarthy, 87, Journalist Who Waged Peace in the Classroom, Dies

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 19:00:25 +0000

For decades, he wrote a syndicated column in The Washington Post promoting nonviolence. That became the subject of a course he taught for nearly 40 years.



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