Washington Post Editor Ben Bradlee Dies at 93

One of the great figures in American journalism has died. Ben Bradlee, former executive editor of the Washington Post, who oversaw coverage of the Watergate scandal that toppled President Richard Nixon, was 93-years-old. Bradlee died at his home in Washington of natural causes. Ben Bradlee skyrocketed to fame in the early 1970s - first by spearheading a legal battle by the Post and The New York Times that culminated in a Supreme Court ruling allowing the newspapers to continue...

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