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Ben Bradlee
executive editor of The Washington Post from 1968 to 1991 (1921–2014)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 26 August 1921
- Died
- 21 October 2014
- Part of
- Watergate scandal
- Conflict
- World War II
- Place of birth
- Boston
- Place of death
- Washington, D.C.
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Benjamin, Crowninshield, Ben
- Family name
- Bradlee
- Father
- Frederick Bradlee
- Mother
- Josephine de Gersdorff
- Sibling
- Frederic Bradlee
- Occupation
- editor, journalist
- Position held
- editor-in-chief
- Citizenship
- United States
- Awards
- Presidential Medal of Freedom, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism
- archives at
- Harry Ransom Center
- cause of death
- Alzheimer's disease
- educated at
- Harvard University, St. Mark's School, Harvard College, Dexter School, Eliot House
- employer
- The Washington Post
- end of work period
- 2014
- languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- manner of death
- natural causes
- military branch
- United States Navy
- name in kana
- ベン・ブラッドリー
- owner of
- Laird-Dunlop House
- place of burial
- Oak Hill Cemetery
- residence
- Laird-Dunlop House
- start of work period
- 1946
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