RIP Cokie Roberts

[bcla]

https://abcnews.go.com/US/legendary...tator-cokie-roberts-dies-75/story?id=65633507https://www.npr.org/2019/09/17/7610...le-journalist-who-helped-shape-npr-dies-at-75

 

[lynxstch]

RIP

 

[fly girl]

Comes in 3's . . . and there is the third.

Great journalist. RIP

 

[LSUmiss]

So sad. One of my favorites. Was shocked when my friend just texted me about it. We had just talked last week about how much we liked her.

 

[cabanafrau]

I hadn't heard. Somehow I'm having a hard time processing the actual number that she was 75, even though I know it makes perfect sense. I always appreciated her intelligence and capability.

 

[TexasErin]

So much respect for her. I really liked and admired her.

 

[mumto3girls]

Has she been off of the air for a while? I had no idea she was sick. Seems like she was just on TV recently.

I appreciated her work. RIP

 

[DebbieB]

This really hit me. My mom had breast cancer and passed away in 2005. I remember when Cokie was diagnosed, I kind of related, my mom was still alive at the time. And when I would see her on TV more recently, I would think great she beat it. RIP.

 

[bcla]

Has she been off of the air for a while? I had no idea she was sick. Seems like she was just on TV recently.

I appreciated her work. RIP

I believe she was still working but was more or less semi-retired.

 

[Dan Murphy]

She'll be missed. A real classic. I always enjoyed listening to her.

God speed, Cokie.

 

[AppleDumpling]

RIP Ms. Roberts. She was a smart and classy lady.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

That's sad. May she RIP.

 

[RangerPooh]

Wow! She's the third big name in the last week. Sad to hear.

While I don't recall much of her work, I remember watching Murphy Brown as a kid and she was one of the competition. Loved when she and fellow female newscasters attended Murphy's baby shower. I don't think any of them are on the air anymore.

 

[ChrisFL]

Always enjoyed her insight

 

[Floridaman999]

Is it Cokie like Coca cola or Cokie like Cookie Monster?

 

[bcla]

Is it Cokie like Coca cola or Cokie like Cookie Monster?

Never heard her nickname pronounced?

COKE-E.

Apparently it came about because a relative couldn't pronounce one of her middle names - Corrine. Birth name was Mary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs.

 

[Sandeep1]

Didn't realize she was in her 70s. Always respected her work. RIP!

 

[scrump]

RIP

 

[LSUmiss]

Never heard her nickname pronounced?

COKE-E.

Apparently it came about because a relative couldn't pronounce one of her middle names - Corrine. Birth name was Mary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs.

It was her older brother when she was brought home from the hospital as an infant. Corinne was the name they were going to call her, but Cokie stuck.