Benjamin Heineman Sr., ‘Improbable’ Rail Innovator, Dies at 98
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Benjamin W. Heineman Sr., a Chicago-based corporate lawyer and businessman who helped modernize U.S. railways and advised President Lyndon B. Johnson, has died. He was 98.
He died on Aug. 5 after suffering a stroke while visiting family in Wisconsin, the Chicago Tribune reported, citing his daughter, Martha Heineman Pieper.