Tom Braden

Tom Braden
Born
Thomas Wardell Braden

(1917-02-22)February 22, 1917
DiedApril 3, 2009(2009-04-03) (aged 92)
Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Alma materDartmouth College
OccupationsColumnist, pundit
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Joan Ridley Braden
(m. 1948; died 1999)
Children8

Thomas Wardell Braden (February 22, 1917 – April 3, 2009) was an American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) official, journalist – best remembered as the author of Eight Is Enough, which spawned a television program – and co-host of the CNN show Crossfire.