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Harry M. Rosenfeld, a key figure in The Post's Watergate coverage, dies at 91
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Harry M. Rosenfeld, a key figure in The Post’s Watergate coverage, dies at 91
By Bob Levey
July 16, 2021 at 2:19 p.m. EDT
Harry M. Rosenfeld, who barely escaped the Holocaust as a child in Nazi Germany and who became a key Washington Post editor during its Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the Watergate break-in and resulting scandal, died July 16 at his home in Slingerlands, N.Y. He was 91. ... The cause was complications from covid-19, said his daughter Amy Rosenfeld Kaufman.
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His most enduring legacy stemmed from his years as The Post’s assistant managing editor for metropolitan news. In that role, he was the direct supervisor of two young reporters, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, as they doggedly reported on the unfolding Watergate saga that led to President Richard M. Nixon’s resignation in August 1974.
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In the early days of the scandal, Mr. Rosenfeld passionately defended Woodward and Bernstein when Bradlee wanted to replace them on the Watergate story with more seasoned staff writers. ... “They’re hungry,” he is said to have told Bradlee. “You remember when you were hungry?” ... The line, snarled by Jack Warden as Mr. Rosenfeld, became one of the most memorable in the acclaimed 1976 film version of “All the President’s Men,” which featured Jason Robards as Bradlee, Robert Redford as Woodward and Dustin Hoffman as Bernstein.
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Mr. Rosenfeld’s collaboration with Woodward and Bernstein very nearly did not happen. ... Shortly after Mr. Rosenfeld took over as Metro editor, he gave Woodward, then a thoroughly green wannabe, a tryout. Mr. Rosenfeld didn’t like the results. He advised the aspiring young reporter to get some experience elsewhere and reapply. ... Woodward continued to pester Mr. Rosenfeld with phone calls. One day in September 1971, Woodward called Mr. Rosenfeld at his home in Kensington, Md. Mr. Rosenfeld’s wife answered. She agreed to summon her husband to the phone. ... “There was a really long wait,” Woodward recalled. “He came to the phone, found out it was only me and yelled at me for getting him down from the roof. He angrily slammed down the phone.” ... But according to Woodward, Anne Rosenfeld said to her husband: “You always complain that your reporters are not aggressive enough.” ... “Harry listened to her,” Woodward recalled. “Within several days, he hired me.” The Watergate break-in took place less than nine months later.
Levey is a former Washington Post columnist.
Harry M. Rosenfeld, a key figure in The Post’s Watergate coverage, dies at 91
By Bob Levey
July 16, 2021 at 2:19 p.m. EDT
Harry M. Rosenfeld, who barely escaped the Holocaust as a child in Nazi Germany and who became a key Washington Post editor during its Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the Watergate break-in and resulting scandal, died July 16 at his home in Slingerlands, N.Y. He was 91. ... The cause was complications from covid-19, said his daughter Amy Rosenfeld Kaufman.
{snip}
His most enduring legacy stemmed from his years as The Post’s assistant managing editor for metropolitan news. In that role, he was the direct supervisor of two young reporters, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, as they doggedly reported on the unfolding Watergate saga that led to President Richard M. Nixon’s resignation in August 1974.
{snip}
In the early days of the scandal, Mr. Rosenfeld passionately defended Woodward and Bernstein when Bradlee wanted to replace them on the Watergate story with more seasoned staff writers. ... “They’re hungry,” he is said to have told Bradlee. “You remember when you were hungry?” ... The line, snarled by Jack Warden as Mr. Rosenfeld, became one of the most memorable in the acclaimed 1976 film version of “All the President’s Men,” which featured Jason Robards as Bradlee, Robert Redford as Woodward and Dustin Hoffman as Bernstein.
{snip}
Mr. Rosenfeld’s collaboration with Woodward and Bernstein very nearly did not happen. ... Shortly after Mr. Rosenfeld took over as Metro editor, he gave Woodward, then a thoroughly green wannabe, a tryout. Mr. Rosenfeld didn’t like the results. He advised the aspiring young reporter to get some experience elsewhere and reapply. ... Woodward continued to pester Mr. Rosenfeld with phone calls. One day in September 1971, Woodward called Mr. Rosenfeld at his home in Kensington, Md. Mr. Rosenfeld’s wife answered. She agreed to summon her husband to the phone. ... “There was a really long wait,” Woodward recalled. “He came to the phone, found out it was only me and yelled at me for getting him down from the roof. He angrily slammed down the phone.” ... But according to Woodward, Anne Rosenfeld said to her husband: “You always complain that your reporters are not aggressive enough.” ... “Harry listened to her,” Woodward recalled. “Within several days, he hired me.” The Watergate break-in took place less than nine months later.
Levey is a former Washington Post columnist.
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