Post Mortem: March 6, 2011 - March 12, 2011

Correcting Miss Manners

Birth, marriage and death are the three great transitions of life, and there are large questions of etiquette concerning all of them. Judith Martin, in her syndicated Miss Manners column, recently addressed the question of obituaries. (It's the third question in the March 9 column.) The questioner wanted to know...

By Matt Schudel  | March 10, 2011; 10:56 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (5)
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Statements on the death of Post columnist David Broder

Below are statements on the death of Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post columnist David Broder. The Broder family: "David Broder died on March 09, 2011, at the age of 81. He lived a full life with abundant blessings, both personal and professional. The list of people and organizations to which David...

By T. Rees Shapiro  | March 9, 2011; 2:27 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (6)
 
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David Broder, Washington Post columnist, dies at 81

David Broder, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The Washington Post and one of the most respected writers on national politics for four decades, died Wednesday in Arlington of complications from diabetes. He was 81. Mr. Broder was often called the dean of the Washington press corps -- a nickname he...

By T. Rees Shapiro  | March 9, 2011; 12:45 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (21)
Categories:  T. Rees Shapiro  | Tags:  Ben Bradlee, David Broder, Washington Post  
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