I am so heartbroken to lean that Ben has passed. I knew him for ever it seemed. If you knew the Strand you knew Ben. He always called me I.J. and a few years ago think around this time christmas he bought one of my postcards to give as a gift or maybe it was for him. He was the chief of fiction and I would hear him as I browsed the film shelves. He was a gem, but heaven help the person who was not pleasant when he was on duty. He could be cutting, and I never doubted his style for a minute. I am disgusted with his passing, I thought he would be with us forever. I use to love to make him Laugh because he had such a great laugh. This is a miserable day.