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Composer Benjamin Lees dies at 86
Quick ReadBenjamin Lees died Monday in Glen Cove Hospital of a heart attack, family members said. He was 86.
Photo credit: Handout | Benjamin Lees, an award winning American music composer who lived in Great Neck, died May 31, 2010 at North Shore Long Island Jewish Hospital of a heart attack. He was 86.
Newsday's obituary for Benjamin Lees
Benjamin Lees, an accomplished American composer who lived in Great Neck for nearly three decades, died Monday in Glen Cove Hospital of a heart attack, family members said. He was 86.
In recent years Lees lived in Palm Springs, Calif., with his wife, Leatrice, a retired New York City schoolteacher, who survives him. He continued creating musical works, for which he first gained prominence...
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