Arthur Ochs Sulzberger

Journalist

Birthday February 5, 1926

Birth Sign Aquarius

Birthplace New York

DEATH DATE Sep 29, 2012 (86)

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About

Former publisher of The New York Times who famously oversaw the 1971 publishing of the Pentagon Papers.

Before Fame

He served in the Pacific Theater as a part of the Marine Corps during World War II.

Trivia

His son, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr. succeeded him as publisher of the New York Times in 1992.

Family Life

He married his second wife Carol Fox Fuhrman in 1956.

Associated With

His publishing of the Pentagon Papers exposed the fact that President Lyndon B. Johnson lied to the American public and Congress about Vietnam and what actually transpired.