McClendon, Sarah Newcomb

▪ 2004

      American journalist (b. July 8, 1910, Tyler, Texas—d. Jan. 8, 2003, Washington, D.C.), became a Washington institution during her more than 50 years of service as White House correspondent for a group of Texas newspapers. Known for her direct, pointed questions, she had pitched them to every U.S. president since Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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