Ben Bradlee – a life in pictures
The former Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee, who oversaw the paper’s coverage of the Watergate scandal that toppled President Richard Nixon, has died aged 93
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Katharine Graham, Washington Post publisher, with Ben Bradlee, whom she appointed as editor.
Photograph: Bettmann/CORBIS
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Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, Washington Post journalists who broke the Watergate story.
Photograph: Bettmann/CORBIS
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President Richard Nixon, who resigned because of the Watergate revelations. In 2005 the Washington Post said that a former FBI official, W Mark Felt, was the confidential source known as Deep Throat who fed the newspaper information about the White House’s involvement.
Photograph: CHARLIE HARRITY/AP
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Ben Bradlee, centre, with Watergate reporters Carl Bernstein, left, and Bob Woodward in 2005.
Photograph: Katherine Frey/AP
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Ben Bradlee at his home in Washington, DC, in June 2012.
Photograph: The Washington Post/The Washington Post/Getty Images
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Ben Bradlee and Bob Woodward in conversation about Watergate at the Richard Nixon presidential library in Yorba Linda, California, in April 2011.
Photograph: ALEX GALLARDO/REUTERS
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Ben Bradlee arrives at the Washington National Cathedral to attend the funeral service for Katharine Graham, former chairwoman, chief executive and publisher of the Post.
Photograph: TIM SLOAN/AFP/Getty Images
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Ben Bradlee with the baseballer Ernie Banks and Bill Clinton.
Photograph: LARRY DOWNING/Reuters
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Barack Obama awards Ben Bradlee the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Photograph: Win McNamee/Getty Images
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Ben Bradlee wearing his medal at the White House in November 2013.
Photograph: LARRY DOWNING/Reuters
