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Watergate editor Ben Bradlee dies

Posted at 5:38 PM, Oct 21, 2014
and last updated 2014-10-21 21:33:59-04

At The Washington Post and beyond, he was legendary.

Ben Bradlee, the editor who oversaw the Watergate story that brought down President Richard Nixon, has died.

He died at his home in Washington Tuesday, of natural causes, The Washington Post reports. He was 93.

Washington insiders mourned Bradlee on social media:

 

 

President Barack Obama, who awarded Bradlee the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013, released a statement, which The Washington Post tweeted:

Bradlee was executive editor of The Washington Post for 26 years, beginning in 1965. See his historic career in this Newsy video:

Gavin Stern is a national digital producer for the Scripps National Desk. Follow him on twitter at @GavinStern or email him at gavin.stern@scripps.com