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  1. Feb 8, 2024 · Katharine Graham’s Husband, Phil, died on August 3, 1963, at the age of 48 due to a gunshot wound, which he inflicted on himself with a 28-gauge shotgun. He didn’t leave any note behind to reveal why he took such a step, but the people close to him knew of his mental health struggles and how his condition had been worsening with time.

  2. Aug 28, 2024 · Nevertheless, she overcame her awkward shyness and the constant pressure to stay in a woman’s proper place. She rose above her husband’s abuse while still loving him and having compassion for his illness and gradually blossomed after his death into the woman she was always meant to be.

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  3. Aug 16, 2022 · Taken in New York City in 1975, the portrait of the former Washington Post publisher and eventual CEO, Katharine Graham, is just one of countless images that follow a similar visual formula:...

  4. Graham took over the helm of Washington Post when her husband died. She guided the Washington Post newspaper to national prominence throughout the Pentagon Papers and Watergate scandal. She was the first female Fortune 500 CEO. Graham died in 2001 (Biography, 2019).

  5. In the 2017 movie The Post, actress Meryl Streep gives a marvelous performance as Katharine Graham, the intriguing woman who was publisher of The Washington Post in the 1960s and 1970s. We take a closer look at who she was.

  6. May 19, 2021 · But Mrs. Graham did take charge when her husband, who had bipolar disorder, committed suicide in 1963. Determined to keep The Post in the family, she became company president, later acquiring...

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  8. Sep 30, 2010 · Graham's father turned the Post over to her and her husband Philip in 1938, and when Philip died in 1963, Graham became president of the company.

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