Posted on 01/29/2008 9:17:47 AM PST by Borges
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. - Margaret Truman Daniel, the only child of former President Harry Truman, died Tuesday. She was 83.
Daniel died in Chicago following a brief illness, according to a statement from the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence. She had been living in an assisted living facility for the past several weeks and was on a respirator, the library said.
Daniel, a longtime resident of New York City, was also the author of mystery novels, many of them set in Washington D.C.; books on the White House; and biographies, including books on her father and her mother, Bess W. Truman.
The Truman Library said Daniel was one of the eldest surviving children of an American president, second only to John Eisenhower, the son of former President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
I suspect she was a pretty smart lady.
Though you kept me up many a night, may you rest in peace Mrs. D.!
author of the following books:
* Souvenier, Margaret Truman’s Own Story. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1956
* White House Pets. New York: David McKay Co., 1969
* Harry S. Truman. New York: William Morrow & Co., 1973
* Women of Courage. New York: William Morrow & Co., 1976
* Murder in the White House. New York: Arbor House, 1980
* Murder on Capital Hill. New York: Arbor House, 1981
* Murder in the Supreme Court. New York: Arbor House, 1982
* Murder in the Smithsonian. New York: Arbor House, 1983
* Murder on Embassy Row. New York: Arbor House, 1984
* Murder at the F.B.I. New York: Arbor House, 1985
* Murder in Georgetown. New York: Arbor House, 1986
* Bess W. Truman. New York: MacMillan Publishing Co., 1986
* Murder in the CIA. New York: Random House, 1987
* Murder at the Kennedy Center. New York: Random House, 1989
* Murder at the National Cathedral. New York: Random House, 1990
* Murder in the Pentagon. New York: Random House, 1991
* First Ladies. New York: Random House, 1996
* Murder at the National Gallery. New York: Random House, 1996
* Murder at the Watergate. New York: Random House, 1998
* Murder at the Library of Congress. New York: Random House, 1999
* Murder at Ford’s Theatre. New York: Ballantine Books, 2002.
* Murder at Union Station. New York: Ballantine Books, 2004.
* The President’s House: 1800 to the Present. New York: Ballantine Books, 2004.
* Murder at the Washington Tribune. New York: Ballantine Books, 2005.
* Murder at the Opera. New York: Ballantine Books, 2006.
* Murder on K Street. New York: Random House, 2007.
editor of the following books:
* Letters from Father: The Truman Family’s Personal Correspondence. New York: Arbor House, 1981
* Where the Buck Stops: The Personal and Private Writings of Harry S. Truman. New York: Warner Books, 1989
John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower
Born August 3, 1922- ) A decorated hero, John Eisenhower found his World War II military career thwarted at every turn by fears for his safety and concern from the top brass that his capture would be an unwanted distraction to Ike, the Allied Commander. He served as a White House aide to his father and as U. S. ambassador to Belgium in the Nixon administration. John’s greatest achievements came as a military historian, his numerous books popular with readers and reviewers alike. His most famous history, The Bitter Woods, is considered to be the definitive study on the Battle of the Bulge. Yanks: The Epic Story of the American Army in World War I was published in 2001 when John Eisenhower was nearly 79 years of age. John Eisenhower, the oldest living presidential child lives in Kimberton, Pennsylvania. He married Barbara Jean Thompson on June 10, 1947, but they divorced in 1986. The Eisenhower’s had four exceptional children including Dwight David, II who married Julie Nixon, herself a presidential daughter.
She outlived her critic:
Paul Hume, 85, Washington Music Critic
By BERNARD HOLLAND
Published: November 28, 2001
Paul Hume, whose opinions on music raised him to an almost statesmanlike stature in the minds and hearts of Washington’s concertgoers, died on Monday at a nursing home in Baltimore. He was 85 and was suffering from pneumonia.
Mr. Hume was The Washington Post’s music critic for 35 years, beginning in 1947. Though his local orchestra, the National Symphony, never found its way to the highest levels of success and accomplishment, its audience included some of the most powerful listeners on the globe. Indeed, the hazards of Mr. Hume’s job were most famously reflected in his confrontation with President Harry S. Truman, who was incensed by the less-than-favorable review extended his daughter after a recital at Constitution Hall in 1950.
Having characterized the president’s daughter as ‘’a unique American phenomenon with a pleasant voice of little size and fair quality,’’ he added, ‘’She is flat a good deal of the time.’’ Mr. Hume was shocked to receive a letter in President Truman’s hand that read in part: ‘’I’ve just read your lousy review of Margaret’s concert. It seems to me that you are a frustrated old man who wishes he could have been successful.’’ Calling Mr. Hume’s review ‘’poppycock,’’ Truman went on to say: ‘’Some day I hope to meet you. When that happens you’ll need a new nose, a lot of beefsteak for black eyes and perhaps a supporter below.’’
As a musical commentator in official disfavor, he was, of course, lucky to have run afoul of Truman rather than, say, Stalin. Mr. Hume went on to 32 more years of prosperity. In fact, he expressed sympathy for the strain of the president’s job, and for the sudden death of his friend and press secretary, Charles G. Ross, a few hours before the concert. The Post did not print Truman’s letter, but the rival Washington News made it public. Years later Mr. Hume called on Truman in Independence, Mo. The two reconciled and played the piano together.
He was apparently a life-long Republican who broke ranks and voted for Kerry in 2004.
LOL. I was just thinking about him!
Nothing like a daddy sticking up for his daughter!
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Mr Hume:
I’ve just read your lousy review of Margaret’s concert. I’ve come to the conclusion that you are an “eight ulcer man on four ulcer pay.”
It seems to me that you are a frustrated old man who wishes he could have been successful. When you write such poppy-cock as was in the back section of the paper you work for it shows conclusively that you’re off the beam and at least four of your ulcers are at work.
Some day I hope to meet you. When that happens you’ll need a new nose, a lot of beefsteak for black eyes, and perhaps a supporter below!
Pegler, a gutter snipe, is a gentleman alongside you. I hope you’ll accept that statement as a worse insult than a reflection on your ancestry.
H.S.T.
http://www.rjgeib.com/heroes/truman/truman-daughter.html
“He was apparently a life-long Republican who broke ranks and voted for Kerry in 2004.”
Senility will do that.
That’s a lot of Murder.
Shabby obit from the AP. Should have mentioned she had four children, three of whom have survived her.
When President Truman died, David Brinkley said that he was one of the “elite” news men who dissed Truman when he said he was going to punch that music critic in the nose. However, a few years later, the SAME critic trashed Brinkley’s son’s high school band, and Brinkley said that HE wanted to punch the guy in the nose, too.
Her dad can listen to her singing again........
Harry Truman was no Charles Foster Kane, that is for sure.
When she gets to Heaven, she can tell her daddy that The Korean War is still going on.
Thanks, Harry.
Never again can a common man like Harry S Truman ever become the president of this country.
You got that right..but where is the one for FMP?????
RIP.
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