The Washington Star, previously known as the Washington Star-News and the Washington Evening Star, was a daily afternoon newspaper published in Washington, D.C. between 1852 and 1981. For most of that time it was the city's newspaper of record, and it was the longtime home to columnist Mary McGrory and cartoonist Clifford K. Berryman. On August 7, 1981, after 130 years, the Washington Star ceased publication. In the bankruptcy sale, the Washington Post purchased the land and buildings owned by the Star, including its printing presses.

Final years

1944: Clifford K. Berryman, for Editorial Cartooning, "Where Is the Boat Going?"
1950: James T. Berryman, Editorial Cartooning, for "All Set for a Super-Secret Session in Washington."
1958: George Beveridge, Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, for "Metro, City of Tomorrow."
1959: Mary Lu Werner, Puliltzer Prize for Local Reporting, "For her comprehensive year-long coverage of the (school) integration crisis."
1960: Miriam Ottenberg, Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, "For a series of seven articles exposing a used-car racket in Washington, D.C., that victimized many unwary buyers."
1966: Haynes Johnson, for National Reporting, for his distinguished coverage of the civil rights conflict centered about Selma, Alabama, and particularly his reporting of its aftermath.
1974: James R. Polk, National Reporting, for his disclosure of alleged irregularities in the financing of the campaign to re-elect President Nixon in 1972.
1975: Mary McGrory, Commentary, for her commentary on public affairs during 1974.
1979: Edwin M. Yoder Jr., Editorial Writing.
1981: Jonathan Yardley, Criticism, for book reviews.