Long-time White House correspondent Helen Thomas dies

Helen Thomas, who died today at the age of 92, covered the White House and every president from John F. Kennedy to Barack Obama.

Helen Thomas, President Obama on her 89th birthday

President Lyndon Johnson learned of his daughter Luci’s engagement when Thomas reported it.

During Watergate, Thomas frequently got late-night phone calls from Martha Mitchell, wife of then-Attorney General John Mitchell, who vented her frustrations with how she thought White House officials were betraying her husband.

For more fascinating details of the lady in red in the front row at White House press briefings, click on http://blog.aarp.org/2013/07/20/helen-thomas-grande-dame-of-the-white-house-press-corps/

For another story with more information, on the CNN web site, click on  http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/20/us/helen-thomas-obit/index.html?hpt=hp_c2