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Cokie Roberts

Cokie Roberts (1943–2019) was an American journalist and columnist.

Also recorded as Mary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne Roberts

Biography

Recorded at birth as Mary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs.

Born at New Orleans in 1943, died in Washington, D.C. in 2019.

Cokie Roberts studied at Wellesley College and Schools of the Sacred Heart. The recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is journalism.

Residence is recorded at Bethesda. Employment is recorded with NPR, ABC Signature and PBS.

Distinctions recorded are Library of Congress Living Legend, Edward R. Murrow Award, Weintal Prize for Diplomatic Reporting and Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism.

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  • New Orleans
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  • Bethesda

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  • Washington and D.C.

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