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  1. Jun 5, 2019 · Robert Bernstein, who has died aged 96, bestrode the publishing industry for more than two decades as the chief executive of Random House and who helped to pry open closed societies around the ...

  2. May 30, 2019 · Robert Bernstein, a founder of Human Rights Watch who later distanced himself from the group over its criticism of Israel, has died. Bernstein also headed Random House for nearly 25 years, emerging as a leading figure in the publishing world. Among many top authors of the day, his company also published the works of Soviet dissidents Natan ...

  3. May 28, 2019 · NEW YORK (AP) — Robert L. Bernstein, a publishing executive and human rights activist who presided over a generation of dynamic growth at Random House and advocated for dissidents around the world, from the Soviet Union to Argentina, died Monday at age 96. Bernstein died in a Manhattan hospital after a brief illness, according to his son ...

  4. May 28, 2019 · NEW YORK (AP) — Robert L. Bernstein, a publishing executive and human rights activist who presided over a generation of dynamic growth at Random House and advocated for dissidents around the world, from the Soviet Union to Argentina, died Monday at age 96.

  5. May 28, 2019 · Bernstein served as the first chair of the board of Human Rights Watch until 1990, and then was elected Founding Chair Emeritus. He died on May 27, 2019, aged 96. “Bob Bernstein had the vision ...

  6. Robert L. Bernstein (1923-2019) was the founder of Human Rights Watch, serving as its Chair from 1978-1998, and Founding Chair Emeritus from 1999 to the present. He was President and Chairman of Random House from 1966-1990, where he published many dissident authors including Andrei Sakharov, Anatoly Sharansky, Václav Havel, Jacobo Timerman, and Wei Jingsheng, in addition to prominent writers ...

  7. May 29, 2019 · Robert Bernstein, a founder of Human Rights Watch who later distanced himself from the group over its criticism of Israel, has died. Bernstein also headed Random House for nearly 25 years ...