Amiri Baraka died on January 9 , 2014 , at Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark , New Jersey , after being hospitalized in the facility 's intensive care unit for one month prior to his death .
The following is from a 1965 essay : Baraka died January 9 , 2014 in Newark , New Jersey after being hospitalized in the facility 's intensive care unit for one month prior to his death .