Who was Ben Bradlee Watergate?
| Ben Bradlee | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Newspaper editor |
| Employer | The Washington Post |
| Known for | publication of the Pentagon Papers and reporting the Watergate scandal |
| Spouse(s) | Jean Saltonstall ( m. 1942; div. 1956) Antoinette Pinchot ( m. 1957; div. 1977) Sally Quinn ( m. 1978) |
Is Ben Bradley still alive?
Deceased (1921–2014)
Ben Bradlee/Living or Deceased
Who owned the Washington Post during Watergate?
| Katharine Graham | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Newspaper publisher |
| Spouse(s) | Philip Graham ( m. 1940; died 1963) |
| Children | 4, including Lally and Donald |
| Parent(s) | Agnes E. Meyer Gene Meyer |
Did Donald Segretti go to jail?
Imprisoned following Watergate conviction In 1974, Segretti pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor counts of distributing illegal – in fact, forged – campaign literature and was sentenced to six months in prison. Segretti served four months.
What happened to Katharine Graham’s husband?
Health problems and death Graham died by suicide on August 3, 1963. In Katharine Graham’s book Personal History, she notes that her husband was always intense and spontaneous, but occasionally lapsed into periods of depression.
Was Ben Bradlee at The Boston Globe?
Bradlee worked for several years at the Riverside Press-Enterprise in California but then spent most of his career at The Boston Globe, where he was successively State House reporter, investigative reporter, national correspondent, political editor, and metropolitan editor.
Who were the 5 Watergate burglars?
The police apprehended five men, later identified as Virgilio Gonzalez, Bernard Barker, James McCord, Eugenio Martínez, and Frank Sturgis. They were charged with attempted burglary and attempted interception of telephone and other communications.