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Neal Boenzi, a photographer for the New York Times, a Life Member of the New York Press Photographers Association, and one of the best all-around street, spot news, and feature shooters of the 20th century, has died at 97 on April 3, 2023. Neal Boenzi, a photographer who for more than 40 years at The New York Times deftly captured aspects of city life from firefighters fleeing a falling wall to a man walking a goose, died on Monday at an elder care facility in Newhall, Calif.