Ben Bradlee
(1921-2014)
executive editor of The Washington Post from 1968 to 1991
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Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee (August 26, 1921 – October 21, 2014) was an American journalist who served as managing editor and later as executive editor of The Washington Post, from 1965 to 1991. He became a public figure when the Post joined The New York Times in publishing the Pentagon Papers and gave the go-ahead for the paper's extensive coverage of the Watergate scandal in the 1970s. He was also criticized for editorial lapses when the Post had to return a Pulitzer Prize in 1981 after it discovered that its award-winning story was false.
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Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee 26 August 1921 Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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21 October 2014 (aged 93) Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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| Zodiac | Virgo |
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Josiah Quinn Crowninshield Bradlee 4th child with Sally Quinn Male b. 29 Apr 1982 · Age: 43 · 1982- · American filmmaker, author, and advocate
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