 Bernstein's one-act plays received a posthumous performance in 1993 at the Arena Players Repertory Theater in East Farmingdale, Long Island.Bernstein lived in Upper Brookville, New York, on Long Island.At age 69, he died of heart failure at his Delray Beach, Florida winter home, survived by his wife, Beverly, of Upper Brookville; his daughter, Alison, of Manhattan; and his sister, Louise Sandler of Elkins Park, Pennsylvania.