Katherine Graham dies at 84 leader of The Washington Post
Katherine Graham, longtime leader of The Washington Post Co., died at 84 after a fall in Sun Valley Idaho. She guided the Post through the Pentagon Papers and Watergate, expanding the company into a diversified media group and becoming a pioneering Fortune 500 woman executive.
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Bush pays respects to Katharine Graham obituary note
President Bush mourns Katharine Graham beloved first lady of Washington journalism. He recalls her leadership, integrity, and generosity and notes her life mirrored by a Pulitzer winning autobiography. He offers prayers to her children grandchildren and colleagues. Katharine Meyer Graham born 1917 in New York joined the Post in 1939 and led The Washington Post Co. after her husband Philip Graham’s death.
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