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Media Dynasty

Jul 15 2008

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Katharine Weymouth, Lally Weymouth, Katharine Graham, and Pamela Weymouth
Donald Graham and Lally Weymouth
Phillip Graham
Bed Bradlee
Katharine Graham and Leonard Downie Jr.
Katharine Weymouth with her children
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Generations
Photo courtesy of Katharine Weymouth.
From left, Katharine Weymouth, Lally Weymouth, Katharine Graham, and Pamela Weymouth, shot for McCall’s in September 1971.
Death of a Publisher
Don Graham with his sister Lally Weymouth, at their mother's funeral.
Working the Phones
Philip Graham in 1954.
Newspaper Legend
Executive editor Ben Bradlee, 1971.
Partners
Katharine Graham and executive editor Leonard Downie Jr., 1998.
Family Ties
Weymouth with her children Beckett, 6, Bridget, 4, and Madeleine, 8, photographed at their home in Washington on June 10.

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