Benjamin Bradley, the legendary executive editor who presided over the Washington Post for 26 years has died at the age of 93.
"The most compelling story of Mr. Bradlee’s tenure, almost certainly the one of greatest consequence, was Watergate, a political scandal touched off by The Post’s reporting that ended in the only resignation of a president in U.S. history," says Tuesday's Washington Post.
The Post goes on to say that, in a statement released Tuesday night, US President Obama lauded Bradlee as a true newspaper man who exposed Watergate and told the stories that needed to be told.
Bradlee is credited with brining a more magazine-like in-depth and aggressive reporting style to the Washington Post, making it the standard-setter of a new breed of newspapers that would change what many expect from their newspapers.
He is the recipient of the National Order of the Legion of Honour (France) and the Presidential Medal of Freedom (US).