Tuesday, September 17, 2019


Cokie Roberts passes away

Cokie Roberts, National Public Radio’s famous journalist, passed away at the age of 75.

She joined NPR in 1978.

She took her Washington politics coverage to ABC News in 1988.

Born in New Orleans as Mary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs, she was given the nickname Cokie by her brother, Thomas, who had trouble pronouncing Corinne.

Roberts' father was Thomas Hale Boggs Sr., a former Democratic majority leader of the House who served in Congress for more than three decades before he disappeared on a campaign flight in Alaska in 1972. Her mother, Lindy Claiborne Boggs, took her husband's seat and served for 17 years. Lindy Boggs also served as U.S. ambassador to the Vatican.

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