Ben Bradlee

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editor human journalist newspaper editor

Ben Bradlee was a prominent American journalist and longtime executive editor of The Washington Post, best known for overseeing the paper’s investigative reporting on the Watergate scandal.

Aliases (3)

Ben Bradlee Jr. ×1
Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee ×1
Bradlee ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	editor → human → journalist → newspaper editor →
authorOf	A Good Life: Newspapering and Other Adventures →
awardReceived	French Legion of Honour → National Press Club Fourth Estate Award → Presidential Medal of Freedom →
birthDate	1921-08-26 →
birthPlace	Boston, Massachusetts, United States →
causeOfDeath	Alzheimer's disease →
child	Ben Bradlee Jr. →
conflict	World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
deathDate	2014-10-21 →
educatedAt	Harvard College → Harvard University → St. Mark's School →
employer	Newsweek → Office of U.S. Information and Educational Exchange (USIE) → The Washington Post → United States government (information services during Marshall Plan) →
endTime	1991 (as executive editor of The Washington Post) →
familyName	Bradlee →
fieldOfWork	investigative journalism →
fullName	Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee →
genre	journalism → political journalism →
givenName	Benjamin →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences →
militaryService	United States Navy →
notableFor	defending press freedom in the Pentagon Papers case → oversight of The Washington Post's Watergate investigation →
notableWork	A Good Life: Newspapering and Other Adventures → coverage of the Watergate scandal → publication of the Pentagon Papers →
occupation	editor → journalist →
placeOfDeath	Washington, D.C., United States →
positionHeld	Washington bureau chief of Newsweek → executive editor of The Washington Post →
residence	Washington, D.C., United States →
spouse	Antoinette Pinchot → Jean Saltonstall → Sally Quinn →
startTime	1968 (as executive editor of The Washington Post) →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
All the President’s Men →	character
Ben Bradlee ("Ben Bradlee Jr.") →	child
Ben Bradlee ("Bradlee") →	familyName
Ben Bradlee ("Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee") →	fullName
The Washington Post →	hasNotableEditor
Deep Throat →	identityPreviouslyKnownBy
The Post →	portrays