He became the face, voice and spirit of tough-talking, detail-obsessed newspaper editors when his team's coverage took down a president, and Ben Bradlee's legacy is sure to live on among generations of journalists who will never even see a printing press.
Benjamin C. Bradlee died of natural causes at his home today. He was 93. He is survived by his wife, Sally Quinn, and son, Quinn Bradlee.
As managing editor and later executive editor of The Washington Post during its rapid rise to international prominence, Bradlee steered Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward's Pulitzer-winning coverage of Watergate, a political scandal that eventually helped unravel Richard Nixon's presidency.
Bradlee transformed a sleepy, city newspaper into a national powerhouse that went head-to-head with The New York Times.
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