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Sarah McClendon

AKA Sarah Newcomb McClendon

Born: 8-Jul-1910
Birthplace: Tyler, TX
Died: 8-Jan-2003
Location of death: Washington, DC [1]
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Remains: Cremated, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA

Gender: Female
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Journalist

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: White House Reporter FDR to GWB

Military service: Women's Army Auxililiary Corps (WWII)

[1] Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC.

Husband: John Thomas O'Brien (d. WWII, one daughter)
Daughter: Sally Newcomb MacDonald (b. 1944)

    University: Tyler Junior College (1928)
    University: University of Missouri-Columbia (1931)

    Roast: Helen Thomas (1993)
    Roast: Walter Cronkite (1997)

Author of books:
My Eight Presidents (1978)
Mr. President, Mr. President! My 50 Years of Covering the White House (1996, memoir)






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