Ben Bradlee, Remembered on Twitter
Tweets on the passing of Ben Bradlee, former executive editor of The Washington Post, who passed away Tuesday at the age of 93 of natural causes at his home in Washington.
Strange entering the @washingtonpost building knowing Ben Bradlee is gone. Let’s honor him by kicking ass. pic.twitter.com/BA3k6qDMIx
— Carlos Lozada (@CarlosLozadaWP) October 22, 2014
Happy rainy Wednesday. The heavens weep for Ben Bradlee. If someone tried putting that line in the paper, Bradlee would have fired him.
— Mike DeBonis (@mikedebonis) October 22, 2014
Reading Ben Bradlee’s obit the old fashioned way. Journalism lost one of its greats. http://t.co/ciShlesgO4
— nickjuliano (@nickjuliano) October 22, 2014
Never worked 4 @washingtonpost. Never met Ben Bradley. But, like many journos my age, part of me always worked 4 him http://t.co/A1yEYSMHJT
— Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) October 22, 2014
No-one who knew Ben Bradlee will ever forget him, the supreme swashbuckling editor and a man of limitless loyalty and generosity. A giant.
— James Naughtie (@naughtiej) October 22, 2014
In ’54, Ben Bradlee used to broadcast on CBS radio as “Ben Lenox”. He gave it up. Radio’s loss was print journalism’s gain.
— Sam Litzinger (@SamLitzinger) October 22, 2014
I think every male journalist in my timeline wanted to be Ben Bradlee.
— Micheline Maynard (@MickiMaynard) October 22, 2014
The term “journalism hero” can feel like an oxymoron in today’s business. But Ben Bradlee, journalism hero, always sounded right and true.
— Mike Wise (@MikeWiseguy) October 22, 2014
When I told my father I met Ben Bradlee and spoke to him about an overrated NFL QB about 10 years ago, he was never prouder of my career.
— Mike Wise (@MikeWiseguy) October 22, 2014
In memory of Ben Bradlee @ Washington Post http://t.co/jan0zsEob2
— Sebastian Payne (@SebastianEPayne) October 22, 2014
Ben Bradlee will live forever, immortalized for the courage he showed at one of America’s darkest hours. RIP.
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) October 22, 2014
So sad to hear of passing of Ben Bradlee. One of the proudest moments in my life was being hired by Ben. There’ll never be another like him.
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) October 22, 2014