Cokie Roberts: ABC and NPR Political Journalist Dies at 75

Cokie Roberts was an American journalist and author. Born Mary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs on December 27, 1943, in New Orleans, she was the daughter of Congressman Hale Boggs.

She was a longtime political commentator for NPR and ABC News, a co-anchor of ABC's This Week and a best-selling author of books on women in the American founding. She was inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame and named an NPR founding mother.

She had breast cancer. Roberts died of complications in Washington on September 17, 2019, at age 75.

Achievements: Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame.

Birth: December 27, 1943 - New Orleans, Louisiana.

Profession: Journalist and author.

Interesting Facts: She was known as one of the Founding Mothers of NPR.