Burton Benjamin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 09-Oct-1917
Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Date of Death: 18-Sep-1988
Profession: screenwriter
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Burton Benjamin
- Burton Richard Benjamin (October 9, 1917 – September 18, 1988) was a vice president and director of CBS News.
- He worked at CBS for 29 years, as a writer, producer, and executive.
- In that time, he was director of CBS News from 1978 to 1981 and executive producer of CBS Evening News from 1975 to 1978.
- He was a senior executive producer from 1968 to 1975 and from 1981 to 1985.
- At CBS, Benjamin often produced programs with Walter Cronkite. He wrote Fair Play: CBS, General Westmoreland, and How a Television Documentary Went Wrong about the Benjamin Report, his report on The Uncounted Enemy and its related lawsuit.
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