Ben Bradlee, the charismatic Washington Post editor who guided the paper through the era of the Pentagon Papers and Watergate, has died. He was 93.
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Ben Bradlee, the charismatic Washington Post editor who guided the paper through the era of the Pentagon Papers and Watergate, has died. He was 93.
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Executive Editor Bradlee in his office, June 18, 1971, after he received a call from the Justice Department asking for a voluntary halt in the Pentagon Papers series.
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Executive Editor Bradlee in his office, June 18, 1971, after he received a call from the Justice Department asking for a voluntary halt in the Pentagon Papers series.
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Katharine Graham, publisher of The Washington Post, and Bradlee leave U.S. District Court in Washington on June 21, 1971. The newspaper got the go-ahead to print the Pentagon Papers series on the Vietnam War. Later, the U.S. Court of Appeals extended for one more day a ban against publishing the secret documents.
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Katharine Graham, publisher of The Washington Post, and Bradlee leave U.S. District Court in Washington on June 21, 1971. The newspaper got the go-ahead to print the Pentagon Papers series on the Vietnam War. Later, the U.S. Court of Appeals extended for one more day a ban against publishing the secret documents.
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Graham and Bradlee leave federal court in Washington during 1971 court hearings on publication of the Pentagon Papers.
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Graham and Bradlee leave federal court in Washington during 1971 court hearings on publication of the Pentagon Papers.
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Bradlee and Deputy Editorial Page Editor Meg Greenfield, right, listen with another staff member to a statement being read by Post Publisher Katharine Graham during the 1975 press strike at the newspaper.
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Bradlee and Deputy Editorial Page Editor Meg Greenfield, right, listen with another staff member to a statement being read by Post Publisher Katharine Graham during the 1975 press strike at the newspaper.
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Reporters Carl Bernstein, left, and Bob Woodward in the newsroom in 1973, during the Washington Post's ongoing coverage of what became known simply as Watergate.
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Reporters Carl Bernstein, left, and Bob Woodward in the newsroom in 1973, during the Washington Post's ongoing coverage of what became known simply as Watergate.
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In April 1973, Woodward, left, and Bernstein work the Watergate story from the Washington Post newsroom.
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In April 1973, Woodward, left, and Bernstein work the Watergate story from the Washington Post newsroom.
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Bernstein, left, and Woodward, along with other editorial employees, walk off the job at the Post in Washington, April 8, 1974, after the local arm of the American Newspaper Guild went on strike against the paper.
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Bernstein, left, and Woodward, along with other editorial employees, walk off the job at the Post in Washington, April 8, 1974, after the local arm of the American Newspaper Guild went on strike against the paper.
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In 1956, journalist Bradlee writes from his office in Paris.<br />
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In 1956, journalist Bradlee writes from his office in Paris.
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A 1994 photo portrait of the former Washington Post executive editor.
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A 1994 photo portrait of the former Washington Post executive editor.
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Bradlee in 1994, during 19th Annual Academy of the Arts Lifetime Achievement Awards gala in New York.
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Bradlee in 1994, during 19th Annual Academy of the Arts Lifetime Achievement Awards gala in New York.
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Bradlee and Sally Quinn in Los Angeles in 1980.
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Bradlee and Sally Quinn in Los Angeles in 1980.
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Bernstein, left, and Woodward speak to reporters in June 2005, after the identity of their Watergate scandal source "Deep Throat" was confirmed to be former FBI official Mark Felt.
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Bernstein, left, and Woodward speak to reporters in June 2005, after the identity of their Watergate scandal source "Deep Throat" was confirmed to be former FBI official Mark Felt.
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Bradlee and Quinn attend a November 2013 gathering of Washington insiders who were in the city during the presidency of John F. Kennedy.<br />
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Bradlee and Quinn attend a November 2013 gathering of Washington insiders who were in the city during the presidency of John F. Kennedy.
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In September 1963 -- some two months before he was assassinated -- President John F. Kennedy played golf with Bradlee at Newport Country Club in Rhode Island. Accompanying them are first lady Jacqueline Kennedy and Antoinette Bradlee, his second wife.<br />
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In September 1963 -- some two months before he was assassinated -- President John F. Kennedy played golf with Bradlee at Newport Country Club in Rhode Island. Accompanying them are first lady Jacqueline Kennedy and Antoinette Bradlee, his second wife.
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President Barack Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Bradlee in the East Room at the White House on November 20, 2013. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the nation's highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.
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President Barack Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Bradlee in the East Room at the White House on November 20, 2013. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the nation's highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.
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