Veteran Journalist Helen Thomas Passes Away at 92
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Former White House correspondent Helen Thomas, a trailblazing journalist who reported on every U.S. president from John Kennedy to Barack Obama, died today at the age of 92, The Gridiron Club and Foundation said.
Thomas, who worked the White House beat for 49 years for United Press International and Hearst newspapers, died after a long illness, Susan Hahn of the Washington journalists' organization said in a statement.