By Greg Hazley
David Broder, the "dean of the Washington press corps," died today of complications from diabetes. He was 81.
The Washington Post columnist won a Pulitzer Prize in 1973 for coverage of the Watergate scandal that brought about the downfall of Richard Nixon.
Broder covered every presidential election since 1956 and his column on national politics was syndicated in more than 300 newspapers.
Following a stint in the Army, Broder joined Congressional Quarterly and then wrote for the Washington Times and New York Times before joining the Post in 1966.
Ben Bradlee, former executive editor of the Post, noted that Broder was the first top-rate reporter to leave the Times for the Post. He remembers Broder as the "best political correspondent in America."
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