Charles W. Bailey II

{{short description|American journalist, newspaper editor and novelist}}

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| birth_name = Charles Waldo Bailey II

| birth_date = {{birth date|1929|04|28}}

| birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|01|3|1929|04|28}}

| death_place = Englewood, New Jersey, U.S.

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| alma_mater = Harvard University

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• Journalist
• newspaper editor
• novelist

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| notable_works = Seven Days in May

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Charles Waldo Bailey II (April 28, 1929{{spaced ndash}}January 3, 2012) was an American journalist, newspaper editor and novelist.

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of John Washburn Bailey and Catherine (née Smith),Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, vol. 2, R. Reginald, 1979, pg 803 he graduated from Harvard University in 1950. He then worked for the Minneapolis Tribune, serving as its editor from 1972 to 1982.Coleman, Nick (January 5, 2012). [http://www.nickcolemanmn.com/?p=2771 "Chuck Bailey: The Last Decent Newspaperman"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315202119/http://www.nickcolemanmn.com/?p=2771 |date=March 15, 2012 }}. Nick Coleman{{spaced ndash}}The State I'm In (blog). Retrieved February 8, 2012. 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.{{registration required|date=February 2012}} [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/05/business/media/charles-w-bailey-82-dies-wrote-seven-days-in-may.html]. The New York Times.Ringham, Eric (January 6, 2012). [http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/01/06/ringham "Commentary{{spaced ndash}}Former Strib Editor Stood on Principle, and Larger than Life"]. Minnesota Public Radio. Retrieved February 8, 2012.