# Benjamin Bradlee, Washington Post editor during Watergate scandal, has died.

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**Created:** [October 22, 2014, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benjamin-bradlee-washington-post-editor-during-watergate-scandal-has-died/702114 "2014-10-22T05:09:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benjamin-bradlee-washington-post-editor-during-watergate-scandal-has-died/702114/1 "2014-10-22T05:09:56Z")

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Ben Bradlee, the editor of the Washington Post, who directed Robert Woodward and Carl Bernstein’s coverage of the Watergate coverup and helped end Richard M. Nixon’s presidency has passed away at the age of 93. The paper earned 17 Pulitzer Prizes during his tenure as editor, which ran from 1965 to 1991.

> **[Legendary editor Ben Bradlee, who guided The Washington Post’s Watergate...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/ben-bradlee-legendary-washington-post-editor-dies-at-93/2014/10/21/3e4cc1fc-c59c-11df-8dce-7a7dc354d1b1_story.html)**
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> Ben Bradlee’s gift for leadership and zest for journalism — and life — made him the most celebrated editor of his era. He directed The Post’s coverage of Watergate, which resulted in the only resignation of a president in U.S. history.

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benjamin-bradlee-washington-post-editor-during-watergate-scandal-has-died/702114/2 "2014-10-22T14:02:36Z")

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“run that baby!”

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benjamin-bradlee-washington-post-editor-during-watergate-scandal-has-died/702114/3 "2014-10-22T19:46:39Z")

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Mr. Bradlee was, in my opinion, an exemplary journalist and a truly great American. RIP.

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**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benjamin-bradlee-washington-post-editor-during-watergate-scandal-has-died/702114/4 "2014-10-22T20:16:59Z")

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I highly recommend his autobiography, [A Good Life](http://www.amazon.com/Good-Life-Ben-Bradlee-ebook/dp/B004QWZ5TO/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1414008886&sr=8-6&keywords=Benjamin+bradlee). It’s one of the best I’ve read.

A good life indeed. RIP.