Washington Post Editorial page editor Fred Hiatt passed away at the age of 66. Find out details about him including, his wife, Margaret, and his death cause in this article.
Fred Hiatt was the editorial page editor and columnist at The Washington Post.
Hiatt joined The Post in 1981 as a reporter and became a member of the board in 1996. He spent more than one and half decades covering regional politics and national security as well as a foreign correspondent.
Likewise, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1999, 2000, and 2017. Following the death of then-editor Meg Greenfield, Hiatt was named editorial page editor in 2000.
Fred Hiatt Washington Post Death Cause
Washington Post Editorial page editor and columnist, Fred Hiatt died at the age of 66. He wrote editorials for the newspaper and a biweekly column that appeared on Mondays.
Unfortunately, Hiatt passed away following a heart attack on December 6, 2021.
Fred Hiatt was a giant at the Post and indeed across journalism. He also was a kind and compassionate man, and a devoted husband and father. Today is a sad day. R.I.P. https://t.co/basiDW50Kr
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) December 6, 2021
Hiatt suffered a sudden cardiac arrest on November 24 and had been undergoing treatment for heart ailments in the past.
An obituary was released for his decades-long tenure at the Post. People took over the internet to share their condolences to the Hiatt family and are praying for their strength.
Who is Fred Hiatt Wife Margaret Shapiro? Meet His Family And Children
Fred Hiatt is married to his wife Margaret ‘Pooh’ Shapiro.
Shapiro is also a Washington Post editor and writer. The couple currently resides in Chevy Chase, Maryland. They have three children, Joseph, Alexandra, and Nathaniel.
Hiatt and his wife served as co-bureau chiefs of the Post’s Northeast Asia bureau in Tokyo from 1987 to 1990. After that, they served as correspondents and co-bureau chiefs in Moscow from 1991 to 1995. During their stay there, Hiatt also played an unlikely role of International Monetary Fund ‘representative’ in Karen Shankhnazarov’s Dreams.
Find Out Fred Hiatt Net Worth
According to networthpost, Fred Hiatt’s net worth is estimated to be around $3 million as of 2021.
Today the Washington Post and the world lost an exceptional journalist and remarkable man: long-time Editorial Page Editor Fred Hiatt. I will miss his thoughtfulness, professionalism, and warm friendship. Our thoughts are with his beloved family at this difficult time. pic.twitter.com/NoATYyyy7A
— Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) December 6, 2021
Hiatt worked at one of the nation’s leading news organizations and had a huge part in making it one of the best news publication agencies. He was one of the top executives who was directly involved in most of the tasks and was with the Pots for more than two decades.
His Twitter page handle is @hiattf. His account has 14.8k followers and had shared 2.7k tweets so far.