Died at his home today of natural causes. Ben bradlees family announced last month he was in hospice care suffer from alzheim alzheimers disease. He sky rocketed to fame in the early 70s when he allowed the Washington Post to look deep into the burglary at the washington hotel. They eventually brought down the nixon presidency and established the Washington Post as one of the top newspapers. His watergate fame was sealed in the movie. Benjamin, crown and shield bradlee born in boston, graduate of harvard. Worked in paris and then joined news week and eventually the Washington Post where he was executive editor for more than 25 years. He was a prominent figure in the Kennedy Administration days and was a close friend of both john and jackie kennedy. He married a young report in 1998, quinn, 20 years his junior. Since he wrote a memoir and received president ial honor of freedom from mpresident obama last year. He was 93. Quite a life he had. You worked at the post with ben bradlee in fa
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