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

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

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

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

Israel’s founding fathers are turning in their graves.

Death of a Downtown Icon: Remembering Benjamin Cho

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

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

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

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

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.

Fred Benjamin, Exacting and Inventive Teacher of Jazz Dance, Dies at 69

Mr. Benjamin was part of the creative wave of young black modern-dance choreographers who came to prominence in the 1970s.