Ben Burns
(1913-2000)
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Ben Burns (August 25, 1913 – January 29, 2000) was an American pioneering editor of black publications (including the Chicago Daily Defender, Ebony, Jet and Negro Digest) and a public relations executive in Chicago. He was a “top executive editor” for the Johnson Publishing Company who became so well known as a “black newspaperman” – even though he was white and Jewish – that he was invited to submit his biography for inclusion in Who's Who in Colored America.
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25 August 1913 Chicago, Illinois
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29 January 2000 (aged 86) Atlantis, Florida
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| Zodiac | Virgo |
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