Fred Hiatt Height, Weight, Net Worth, Age, Birthday, Wikipedia, Who, Nationality, Biography
Jessica Cortez
Updated on February 12, 2026
Fred Hiatt was the article page manager and journalist at The Washington Post. Hiatt joined The Post in 1981 as a journalist and turned into an individual from the board in 1996. He spent mutiple and half many years covering territorial governmental issues and public safety just as an unfamiliar journalist.
Moreover, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1999, 2000, and 2017. Following the passing of then-supervisor Meg Greenfield, Hiatt was named article page editorial manager in 2000.
Washington Post Editorial page manager and writer, Fred Hiatt died at 66 years old. He composed articles for the paper and a fortnightly section that showed up on Mondays.
| Born | Frederick Samuel Hiatt Washington, D.C., U.S. |
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| Died | December 6, 2021 (aged 66) New York City, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
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| Years active | 1977–2021 |
| Known for | Editorial page editor, The Washington Post (1999–2021) |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Shapiro |
| Children | 3 |
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Tragically, Hiatt died following a cardiovascular failure on December 6, 2021. Hiatt experienced an unexpected heart failure on November 24 and had been going through treatment for heart sicknesses previously.
An eulogy was delivered for his long term residency at the Post. Individuals assumed control over the web to share their sympathies to the Hiatt family and are petitioning God for their solidarity.
Fred Hiatt is hitched to his significant other Margaret ‘Pooh’ Shapiro. Shapiro is additionally a Washington Post proofreader and essayist. The couple presently dwells in Chevy Chase, Maryland. They have three youngsters, Joseph, Alexandra, and Nathaniel.
Hiatt and his better half filled in as co-department heads of the Post’s Northeast Asia authority in Tokyo from 1987 to 1990. From that point forward, they filled in as reporters and co-department bosses in Moscow from 1991 to 1995. During their visit there, Hiatt likewise assumed a far-fetched part of International Monetary Fund ‘delegate’ in Karen Shankhnazarov’s Dreams.
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.
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) December 6, 2021
As indicated by networthpost, Fred Hiatt’s total assets is assessed to be around $3 million starting at 2021. Hiatt worked at one of the country’s driving news associations and had an immense part in making it one of the most amazing news distribution organizations.
He was one of the top chiefs who was straightforwardly associated with a large portion of the undertakings and was with the Pots for over twenty years. His Twitter page handle is @hiattf. His record has 14.8k supporters and had shared 2.7k tweets up until this point.
