Ben Wattenberg was born on August 26, 1933 in The Bronx, New York, USA as Joseph Ben Zion Wattenberg. He was a writer and actor, known for The First Measured Century (2000), Fighting Words (2009) and Heaven on Earth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism (2005). He was married to Diane Abelman and Marna Hade. He died on June 28, 2015 in Washington, ...
Aide and speech writer to Lyndon Johnson. Advisor to Hubert H. Humphrey in his race for the Senate in 1970. Appointed by Jimmy Carter to serve on the Presidential Advisory Board for Ambassadorial Appointments, by Ronald Reagan to the Board of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty, and by George Bush to the Task Force on U.S. Government International Broadcasting.