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), America's Political Parties: Power and Principle (1992) and Fighting Words (2009). He was married to Diane Sondra Abelman and Marna Hade. He died on June 28, 2015 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.