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Benjamin Florer, 58, Westchester Librarian, Dies After Flu Complications Benjamin Florer, 58, Westchester Librarian, Dies After Flu Complications
Benjamin Florer, 58, Westchester Librarian, Dies After Flu Complications Westchester native and Orange County high school graduate Benjamin Johnathan Florer – a devoted son, brother and uncle, a good friend to many, and a librarian and scholar – died peacefully on March 7 at his home in White Plains from complications related to the flu.  Ben, as he was known to his friends and family members, was born Jan. 19, 1960 in Yonkers. He attended St. Hilda’s and St. Hugh’s in Manhattan, Monroe Woodbury High School and Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington, from which he graduated in 1983. He then attended graduate school in library science at the University of Was…