Sarah McClendon

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Person.png Sarah McClendon   C-SPAN IMDBRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(Journalist)
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McClendon and Gerald Ford
Born8 July 1910
Died8 January 2003 (Age 92)
InterestsKay Griggs

Sarah Newcomb McClendon was a long-time White House reporter who covered presidential politics for a half century.

Career

The late Sarah McClendon and Kay Griggs

McClendon founded her own freelance news service as a single mother in the post-World War II era, and became known as a model for women in the press and as a vocal advocate of various causes, particularly those of United States military veterans. She was best known for posing sharp, blunt questions at United States presidential press conferences.[1] She is said to have once angered Lyndon Johnson so much, that he had her fired as Washington correspondent from some of her papers.[2]

At her funeral Bill Clinton gave a video tribute and President George W. Bush sent a personal representative.[3]


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