Charles Waldo Bailey II (April 28, 1929January 3, 2012) was an American journalist, newspaper editor and novelist. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of John Washburn Bailey and Catherine (née Smith), he graduated from Harvard University in 1950. He then worked for the ''

Minneapolis Tribune The ''Star Tribune'' is the largest newspaper in Minnesota. It originated as the ''Minneapolis Tribune'' in 1867 and the competing ''Minneapolis Daily Star'' in 1920. During the 1930s and 1940s, Minneapolis's competing newspapers were consolida ...

'', serving as its editor from 1972 to 1982. Bailey co-wrote, with Fletcher Knebel, the best-selling political thriller novel '' Seven Days in May'' (1962), and several other novels. He died in

Englewood, New Jersey Englewood is a city in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, which at the 2020 United States census had a population of 29,308. Englewood was incorporated as a city by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 17, 1899, from por ...

.Ringham, Eric (January 6, 2012).
"CommentaryFormer Strib Editor Stood on Principle, and Larger than Life"
Minnesota Public Radio. Retrieved February 8, 2012.

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