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  • Pioneering female journalist, "60 Minutes" commentator Shana Alexander dead at 79

    06/23/2005 10:29:04 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 15 replies · 1,732+ views
    Bakersfield Californian ^ | 6/23/05 | AP - Los Angeles
    LOS ANGELES (AP) - Trailblazing journalist and author Shana Alexander, whose on-air verbal skirmishes with conservative James J. Kilpatrick on CBS' "60 Minutes" were so popular they were spoofed on "Saturday Night Live," died Thursday of cancer, her family confirmed. She was 79. Alexander died at an assisted living facility in Hermosa Beach, her niece Hannah Bentley said Thursday night. Alexander wrote for numerous magazines including Newsweek and National Geographic and was the first female staff writer employed by Life magazine. She was also the first female editor at McCall's magazine. But she was best known for her "Point-Counterpoint" segments...