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Katharine Meyer Graham (June 16, 1917 – July 17, 2001) was an American newspaper publisher. She led her family's newspaper, The Washington Post , from 1963 to 1991. Graham presided over the paper as it reported on the Watergate scandal , which eventually led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon .
- Newspaper publisher
- July 17, 2001 (aged 84), Boise, Idaho, U.S.
- Katharine Meyer, June 16, 1917, New York City, New York, U.S.
Mar 8, 2024 · Katharine Graham (born June 16, 1917, New York, New York, U.S.—died July 17, 2001, Boise, Idaho) was an American business executive who owned and published various news publications, most notably The Washington Post, which she transformed into one of the leading newspapers in the United States.
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Apr 2, 2014 · Katharine Graham was the publisher of the Washington Post from 1963 to 1979, when she guided the paper to national prominence with its coverage of the Pentagon Papers and Watergate scandal. She also led the Post Company to financial success and won a Pulitzer Prize for her memoir. Learn about her life, career, and legacy.
May 19, 2021 · Mrs. Graham, who died in 2001 at 84, wore the gown, a beaded Balmain design, as the guest of honor at Truman Capote’s Black and White Ball at the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan in November 1966.
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Feb 27, 2018 · At Katharine Graham’s memorial service in 2001, her son Donald Graham and daughter Lally Weymouth, far left, are joined by Vice President Dick Cheney, Lynne Cheney, Liz Cheney Perry, Former ...
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Jul 17, 2001 · Katharine Graham, who transformed The Washington Post from a mediocre newspaper into an American institution and, in the process, transformed herself from a lonely widow into a publishing legend ...
Graham was born in 1917 to enormous wealth and privilege. Her multi-millionaire financier father purchased The Washington Post at a bankruptcy auction in 1933 and eventually appointed his son-in ...
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