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.

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Label Occurrences
Ben Bradlee canonical 14
Bradlee 2
Ben Bradlee Jr. 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf editor ⓘ
human ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
newspaper editor ⓘ
authorOf A Good Life: Newspapering and Other Adventures ⓘ
awardReceived Légion d'honneur ⓘ
surface form: French Legion of Honour

National Press Club Fourth Estate Award ⓘ
Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
birthDate 1921-08-26 ⓘ
birthPlace Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
causeOfDeath Alzheimer's disease ⓘ
child Ben Bradlee self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ben Bradlee Jr.
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 2014-10-21 ⓘ
educatedAt Harvard University ⓘ
surface form: Harvard College

Harvard University ⓘ
St. Mark’s School (Massachusetts) ⓘ
surface form: St. Mark's School
employer Newsweek magazine ⓘ
surface form: Newsweek

State Department Office of International Information and Cultural Affairs ⓘ
surface form: Office of U.S. Information and Educational Exchange (USIE)

Washington Post ⓘ
surface form: The Washington Post

Economic Cooperation Administration ⓘ
surface form: United States government (information services during Marshall Plan)
endTime 1991 (as executive editor of The Washington Post) ⓘ
familyName Ben Bradlee self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bradlee
fieldOfWork investigative journalism ⓘ
fullName Ben Bradlee self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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. ⓘ
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
positionHeld Washington bureau chief of Newsweek ⓘ
executive editor of The Washington Post ⓘ
residence Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
spouse Antoinette Pinchot ⓘ
Jean Saltonstall ⓘ
Sally Quinn ⓘ
startTime 1968 (as executive editor of The Washington Post) ⓘ

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Deep Throat → identityPreviouslyKnownBy → Ben Bradlee ⓘ
Washington Post → hasNotableEditor → Ben Bradlee ⓘ
subject surface form: The Washington Post
film "All the President’s Men" → character → Ben Bradlee ⓘ
subject surface form: All the President’s Men
Ben Bradlee → fullName → Ben Bradlee self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee
Ben Bradlee → familyName → Ben Bradlee self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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Ben Bradlee → child → Ben Bradlee self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ben Bradlee Jr.
The Post → portrays → Ben Bradlee ⓘ
Bradley → hasVariant → Ben Bradlee ⓘ
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film "The Post" → leadCharacter → Ben Bradlee ⓘ
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Sally Quinn → spouse → Ben Bradlee ⓘ
Sally Quinn → partnerOf → Ben Bradlee ⓘ
National Press Club Fourth Estate Award → notableRecipient → Ben Bradlee ⓘ
A Good Life: Newspapering and Other Adventures → author → Ben Bradlee ⓘ
A Good Life: Newspapering and Other Adventures → mainSubject → Ben Bradlee ⓘ
Jean Saltonstall → spouse → Ben Bradlee ⓘ
Antoinette Pinchot → spouse → Ben Bradlee ⓘ
Oak Hill Cemetery → hasNotableBurial → Ben Bradlee ⓘ
Jason Nelson Robards Jr. → notableRole → Ben Bradlee ⓘ
subject surface form: Jason Robards
this entity surface form: Ben Bradlee in All the President’s Men