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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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Demond Wilson, Long-Suffering Son on ‘Sanford and Son,’ Dies at 79

Sun, 01 Feb 2026 14:34:42 +0000

As Lamont, he was a young man in constant battle with his father and business partner, played by Redd Foxx, on the popular 1970s series.

Laura Maioglio, Whose Restaurant Was a Theater District Mainstay, Dies at 93

Sat, 31 Jan 2026 22:43:32 +0000

Since 1962, she had overseen her father’s stately Italian restaurant, Barbetta, and became one of the city’s most enduring female restaurateurs.

Catherine O’Hara, ‘Home Alone’ and ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Actress, Dies at 71

Fri, 30 Jan 2026 23:27:15 +0000

An Emmy-winning comedian with oddball charm, she got her start with the influential Canadian sketch comedy series “SCTV.”

‘Produce Pete’ Napolitano, a Fruit and Vegetable Celebrity, Dies at 80

Sat, 31 Jan 2026 13:36:54 +0000

For more than 30 years, he drew fans for dispensing weekly produce punditry on a New York television station, building on a sales career that began when he was 5.

Björn Roth, Steward of an Expansive Family Art Practice, Dies at 64

Fri, 30 Jan 2026 18:47:39 +0000

With his father, the artist Dieter Roth, and later his own sons, he created unconventional installations that he described as a “search for beauty in nothing.”

Overlooked No More: Jimmy Reed, the Bluesman Everyone Covered, Then Forgot

Sat, 31 Jan 2026 15:44:20 +0000

His most enduring hits were recorded by Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, the Rolling Stones and the Grateful Dead. But his own career faded from view.



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