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The funeral of Benjamin C. Bradlee ‘He was not afraid.’ The funeral of Benjamin C. Bradlee
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Thousands of mourners are gathering at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., to remember Benjamin C. Bradlee, the editor who guided The Washington Post’s newsroom for nearly a quarter of a century. A sea of mourners gathered at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., to remember Benjamin C. Bradlee, the editor who guided The Washington Post’s newsroom for nearly a quarter of a century. Bradlee’s funeral on Wednesday morning drew colleagues from The Post, past and present, as well as family members, friends and a long list of dignitaries, politicians and luminaries that knew him from his decades as a pivotal force in American journalism.
Bradlee’s funeral on Wednesday morning is expected to draw colleagues from The Post, past and present, as well as family members, friends, dignitaries and luminaries that knew him over his decades as a pivotal force in American journalism. “We knew somebody much better than his very large reputation,” Donald Graham, the first speaker and former publisher of The Post, said during his remarks. “Even braver, even smarter, much more fun.”
Speakers at the service for Bradlee, who died last week at 93, will include Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, the reporters who broke the Watergate story under Bradlee; his children Quinn Bradlee, Ben Bradlee Jr. and Marina Bradlee Murdock; Tom Brokaw of NBC News; and Donald Graham, former publisher of The Post and the son of Katharine Graham, who brought Bradlee in to run the newsroom in 1965. “He had his faults, and if my mother Katharine Graham was still here, believe me, she could go on a very long time about those,” Graham continued. “But she literally wrote the book about how great Ben Bradlee was, and it was a very long book.”
The service is open to the public, so members of the community were expected to make their way into the cathedral and join a crowd that also includes Jeff Bezos, owner of The Post, and a variety of elected officials. In addition to several rows of seating reserved for family, the two rows on the left side of the aisle were reserved for Vice President Biden and Jill Biden, Secretary of State John Kerry, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer and Sen. Patrick Leahy. Other speakers at the service for Bradlee, who died last week at 93, include Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, the reporters who broke the Watergate story under Bradlee; his children Quinn Bradlee, Ben Bradlee Jr. and Marina Bradlee Murdock; and Tom Brokaw of NBC News.
At the cathedral’s entrance, two of Bradlee’s successors at The Post – Marcus Brauchli and Leonard Downie — were standing together. Outside, mourners shared space on sidewalks with packs of St. Albans’ students in school uniforms, the children mixed with former Defense Secretary Donald Rumseld and journalist Ted Koppel. “He was not afraid,” Bernstein said during his remarks. He recalled a time when he and Woodward had to ask Bradlee about comments made by then-Attorney General John Mitchell. As Bernstein recalled, Bradlee told the young reporters that if their reporting was correct, if they had identified themselves, that was all that mattered. 
The Very Rev. Gary Hall, the Cathedral’s dean, will officiate. The service will stream live at washingtonpost.com, and will be televised on C-SPAN starting at 11 a.m. The service is open to the public, so members of the community filled the main section of the cathedral along with a roster of bold-faced names including Jeff Bezos, owner of The Post, Vice President Biden and Jill Biden, Secretary of State John Kerry, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer and Sen. Patrick Leahy.
New media mingled with old media at the service, with young reporters who had never known Bradlee standing shoulder-to-shoulder with those who had answered to him. At the cathedral’s entrance before the service, two of Bradlee’s successors at The Post – Marcus Brauchli and Leonard Downie — had gathered together. Arthur Sulzberger Jr. and Dean Baquet, publisher and executive editor of the New York Times, respectively, were joined by former Washington Post publisher Katharine Weymouth.
Outside, mourners had shared space on sidewalks with packs of St. Albans’ students in school uniforms, the children mixed with former Defense Secretary Donald Rumseld and journalist Ted Koppel.
The Very Rev. Gary Hall, the Cathedral’s dean, is officiating. The service is streaming live at washingtonpost.com and is being televised on C-SPAN.
Here is the complete program:Here is the complete program:
  
  
The memorial booklet being handed out at today’s ceremony (courtesy of Brian Noyes):The memorial booklet being handed out at today’s ceremony (courtesy of Brian Noyes):
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