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Barry Bingham Jr.
Born(1933-09-23)September 23, 1933
DiedApril 3, 2006(2006-04-03) (aged 72)
Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Resting placeCave Hill Cemetery, Louisville
Alma materBrooks School
Harvard University
Occupations
  • Newspaper publisher
  • television and radio executive
SpouseEdith Wharton Stenhouse Franchini
Children2, including Emily and Molly

George Barry Bingham Jr. (September 23, 1933 – April 3, 2006 in

publisher and television and radio
executive. He was the third and last generation of the Bingham family that controlled Louisville's daily newspapers, a television station, and two radio stations for much of the 20th century.

Early life

Bingham was educated at Eaglebrook School, Brooks School and Harvard University.[1][2]

"Barry Jr.," as he was almost always called, was the surviving son of

electrocuted
in an accident on the family estate in 1964 at the age of 22.)

Career

Bingham Jr. was a different breed of newspaper publisher. Besides his distinctive

Clear Channel Communications, and WHAS-TV to The Providence Journal
.

During the tenure of Bingham Jr., the C-J won Pulitzer Prizes in three separate years: 1976, for photography regarding of court-ordered public school busing and desegregation; 1978, for an investigation of the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire; and, 1980 for a series of stories and photos from Cambodia.

After the sale of the media properties, Bingham Jr. briefly published a newsletter about ethics in journalism. After that effort ended, he largely stayed out of the public light, surfacing only on occasion and then usually to criticize the management of the former Bingham companies. He also was an active supporter of and fund-raiser for Actors Theatre of Louisville and Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest.

Bingham Jr. was particularly critical of Gannett's operation of The Courier-Journal, particularly its practice of running

advertisements on the front page (in a banner across the very bottom) and its closing of the newspaper's regional bureaus
throughout the state. Bingham Jr. had kept the bureau network in operation throughout his tenure, despite their high expense.

Personal life

Barry Bingham Jr. died of respiratory failure on April 3, 2006, at his home in Louisville.[3] He was survived by his wife, the former Edith Wharton Stenhouse Franchini; two daughters from their marriage, author Emily S. Bingham and Journalist and former CEOMary C. Bingham (known as Molly); two stepsons from Edith's first marriage, Philip John Franchini and Charles Wharton Bingham; and the two sisters whom he fought for control of the media properties.

See also

References

  1. ^ McFadden, Robert D. "Barry Bingham Jr., Louisville Publisher, Is Dead at 72", The New York Times, April 4, 2006. Accessed December 12, 2007. "He attended the Brooks School in North Andover, Mass., and graduated from Harvard in 1956 with a bachelor's degree in history."
  2. ISBN 9780671797072
    . Retrieved July 2, 2022.
  3. ^ Yee, April (June 3, 2006). "Bingham, 72, Heir to Media Empire, Dies". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
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