Mystere Said: Long time ABC anchor Cokie Roberts has succumbed to breast cancer. RIP Cokie.
Wikipedia: Mary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne "Cokie" Roberts (née Boggs; December 27, 1943 to September 17, 2019) was an American journalist and author. Her career included decades as a political reporter and analyst for National Public Radio, PBS, and ABC News, with prominent positions on Morning Edition, The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, World News Tonight, and This Week. She was considered one of NPR's "Founding Mothers" along with Susan Stamberg, Linda Wertheimer and Nina Totenberg.
In 2002, Roberts was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer. She was successfully treated at the time but died from complications of the disease in Washington DC, on September 17, 2019.
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