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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