I certainly didn't always agree with her but always enjoyed watching and listening to her. At age 76, reports like this always remind me or my own mortality.
Wow ... seems like she was on ABC’s talking heads show just a few months back ...
Don’t think she is considered Number 3 in the Eddie Money, Ric O. death prediction.
Anyone know what she died from? At that age, cancer or heart attack are good guesses.
I always thought her name was really cool. And she appeared to be a really nice person.
Best that I say nothing.
That’s three...
Eddie Money
Rick Ocasik
Cokie Roberts
Saw her on TV a couple of months ago. She didn’t look well................
Nother Democrat journalist goes to sleep with the fishes. I don’t care and the world’s already a better place without Cokie Roberts in it.
Sorry to hear this. Rest in peace, Cokie.
More info. here:
“Complications from breast cancer” were what killed her. FReeper women, look out and do what your doctors advise you to do.
Her father was Hale Boggs, dem House Majority leader. Went missing 40 years ago on a plane flight in Alaska.
The old media staples that lied to us for decades are dying off.
A prolonged and painful death. While her politics were certainly to the left, she managed to be civil, unlike most of her colleagues. RIP
Another good red assumes room temperature.
New her a decent amount. Went to my church. Was always nice and personable. Gods speed.
I always thought “Cokie Roberts” was he kind of name you’d see in a John Grisham novel about a drug dealer who peddled cocaine to Hollywood stars and Wall Street executives.
“I certainly didn’t always agree with her but always enjoyed watching and listening to her.”
Same here. While she was left of center, she could still factually present a story and give a decent analysis.
I can’t believe all the fawning I’m seeing - she, along with Sam donaldson replaced David Brinkley and the two proceeded to trash the show and turn it into a propaganda piece for the DNC way back when.
She wasn’t witty or intelligent but she’s “practicing while female” so she’s better than any male in that position.
It’s sad that she died but geez people can we stop celebrating mediocrity?
My wife, literally the-girl-next-door, lost a battle to breast cancer at 28 - very tough disease.
My one memory of Cokie was when she was reporting on a snowstorm/blizzard - bravely bundled up out in the cold and windy location.
Turns out she was in a studio standing in front of a green screen.