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To hell with news! I'm no longer interested in news. I'm interested in causes. We don't print the truth. We don't pretend to print the truth. We print what people tell us. It's up to the public to decide what's true.

Ben Bradlee

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Ben Bradlee
Age: 93 †
Born: 1921
Born: August 26
Died: 2014
Died: October 21
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Boston
Massachusetts
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