Given the question: What key details about neil postman can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: neil postman -lrb- march 8 , 1931 -- october 5 , 2003 -rrb- was an american author , educator , media theorist and cultural critic , who is best known for his seventeen books , including '' amusing ourselves to death '' -lrb- 1985 -rrb- , '' conscientious objections '' -lrb- 1988 -rrb- , '' technopoly : the surrender of culture to technology '' -lrb- 1992 -rrb- , '' the disappearance of childhood '' -lrb- 1994 -rrb- and '' the end of education : redefining the value of school '' -lrb- 1995 -rrb- . for more than forty years , he was associated with new york university . postman was a humanist , who believed that '' new technology can never substitute for human values '' . postman died in 2003 of lung cancer .
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- death place is new york , new york , u.s.- death date is 05 october 2003- spouse is shelley ross- birth date is 08 march 1931- name is neil postman- image is neil postman.jpg- birth place is new york , new york , u.s.- occupation is writer , professor