Veteran political reporter Cokie Roberts, a longtime analyst at both ABC News and NPR, has died at the age of 75, ABC announced on Tuesday.
Roberts joined ABC News back in 1988.
She was a co-anchor with Sam Donaldson of the Sunday political show “This Week” from 1996 to 2002.
Roberts passed away of complications from breast cancer, according to a family statement.
A best-selling author and an Emmy Award winner, Roberts was one of NPR’s most recognizable voices.
She is “considered one of a handful of pioneering female journalists — along with Nina Totenberg, Linda Wertheimer and Susan Stamberg — who helped shape the public broadcaster’s sound and culture at a time when few women held prominent roles in journalism,” NPR noted.
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Asked in 2013 what was the best part of her career, Cokie Roberts said that her family was "by far the best part" of her life. https://t.co/piGZYnh7mR pic.twitter.com/ot9oxaQfK1
— ABC News (@ABC) September 17, 2019
ABC News remembers Cokie Roberts. https://t.co/JOETcV2nOQ
— ABC News (@ABC) September 17, 2019
Cokie Roberts, political journalist, dies at 75 https://t.co/29NdvPJVGY pic.twitter.com/7j4MN4pNbA
— TIME (@TIME) September 17, 2019
"We need you…because it brings the perspective of the other half of the human race."
Legendary ABC News journalist Cokie Roberts spoke to students and faculty in a keynote speech at USC Annenberg in 2015, stressing the importance of women in journalism. https://t.co/G6q8QmUNpy pic.twitter.com/AxwJa78v2Z
— ABC News (@ABC) September 17, 2019
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