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    Opinion: Remembering Cokie Roberts

    NPR's Scott Simon remembers journalist and friend Cokie Roberts, who died this week at the age of 75.
    by Scott Simon Sep 21, 2019 1 minute
    Cokie Roberts makes a speech at the Buell Theatre in Denver.

    Cokie Roberts was fierce and funny, hard-nosed and kindhearted. She was steeped in politics, as the daughter of two Louisiana pols, Hale and Lindy Boggs, and enjoyed the game. But she also elevated politics with her elegant reporting.

    Cokie wasn't fooled

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