Facts:   - death place: englewood , new jersey , united states    - birth name: charles waldo bailey ii    - death date: 3 january 2012      - birth date: 28 april 1929    - name: chales w. bailey    - occupation: journalist , newspaper editor and novelist    - birth place: boston , massachusetts , united states    - alma mater: harvard university   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of charles w. bailey ii .
charles waldo bailey ii -lrb- april 28 , 1929january 3 , 2012 -rrb- was an american journalist , newspaper editor and novelist .born in boston , massachusetts , he graduated from harvard university , located in cambridge , massachusetts , in 1950 .he then worked for the `` minneapolis tribune '' , published in minneapolis , minnesota , serving as its editor from 1972 to 1982 .bailey co-wrote , with fletcher knebel , the best-selling political thriller novel `` seven days in may '' -lrb- 1962 -rrb- .he died in englewood , new jersey .