BEN BRADLEE, WASHINGTON POST EDITOR DURING WATERGATE, DIES AGED 93 (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Wednesday, October 22, 2014, 07:54

Legendary editor also published Pentagon papers on the Vietnam war and turned the Post into a global authority

Ben Bradlee, centre, with Watergate reporters Carl Bernstein, left, and Bob Woodward in 2005. Photograph: Katherine Frey/AP

Ben Bradlee, the former Washington Post editor who oversaw the reporting that brought down a president, united the worlds of journalism and politics in tribute on Tuesday after he died at the age of 93.

An editor of the paper for 26 years, during which time it won 17 Pulitzer prizes and doubled its circulation, Bradlee was remembered by colleagues and competitors as an icon of American journalism.

His stewardship of the Post’s investigation into the Watergate burglary – a scandal that directly led to the resignation of Richard Nixon – dominated responses to his death.

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