{"id":372383,"date":"2025-09-16T14:39:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T20:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/ut-austin-professor-michael-benedikt-dies-at-78\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T14:39:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T20:39:12","slug":"ut-austin-professor-michael-benedikt-dies-at-78","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theproductofdesign.com\/site\/ut-austin-professor-michael-benedikt-dies-at-78\/","title":{"rendered":"UT Austin professor Michael Benedikt dies at 78"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.archpaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Professor-Michael-Benedikt.jpg?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" \/>\n<div>Michael Benedikt, a longtime University of Texas (UT) at Austin professor, died on August 13 at age 78. 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