According to Washington
Post, the 69-year-old lawyer died last Wednesday from a self-inflicted gunshot
wound.
William Graham, one of the
heirs to the Washington Post-Graham fortune and son to Phil and Katharine
Graham, has died by suicide, much like his father.
His father, Phil, also
committed suicide in 1963 by shooting himself with a shotgun.
The heir to the Washington
Post fortune, William W. Graham, committed suicide last week, echoing his
publisher father's death in 1963.
Graham, a 69-year-old
lawyer, was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound last Wednesday,
according to an obituary published in the Post.
His father Phil, who was
publisher of the newspaper for 17 years, killed himself back in 1963.
Graham's mother Katharine
then served as publisher for the next two decades.
A Steven Spielberg film
starring Meryl Streep as his mother, which is based on her time as head of the
newspaper, was released on December 22 - just two days before his death.
His death came six days
after the film's premiere in Washington DC.
Graham was a prominent
lawyer at the Williams & Connolly firm in Washington DC in the 1970s before
he moved to Los Angeles.
He later taught trial law
the University of California at Los Angeles.
He founded and ran
investment firm Graham Partners for 20 years before dissolving the business in
2001.
Graham then devoted himself
to philanthropic activities, many of which remained anonymous.
His grandfather Eugene
Meyer bought the Post at a bankruptcy auction in 1933.
Katharine, who was Meyer's
daughter, oversaw the paper through some of its most important stories,
including the Watergate scandal.
The recently released film
recounts the behind-the-scenes story of the 1971 publication of the Pentagon
Papers, which exposed the lies behind US involvement in the Vietnam War.
William is survived by his
wife Sally Lasker Graham and two children, Alice Graham and Edward Graham. He
is also survived by his two brothers, Donald Graham and Stephen Graham.
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