Ben Bradlee, editor behind Watergate revelations, dies aged 93

Ben Bradlee, the hard-charging editor who guided The Washington Post through its Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the Watergate scandal and invigorated its newsroom for more than two decades, has died.

Ben Bradlee, editor behind Watergate revelations, dies aged 93

Ben Bradlee, the hard-charging editor who guided The Washington Post through its Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the Watergate scandal and invigorated its newsroom for more than two decades, has died.

Mr Bradlee, 93, died at his home of natural causes, the paper said.

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