ABCs pioneer journalist and longtime political commentator Cokie Roberts has died of complications from breast cancer.
Cokie Roberts will be dearly missed, said ABC News President James Goldston, as reported byABC News.
Roberts was best known for her routine appearance onThis Week with George Stephanopoulos.
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She also was a regular commentator for ABC News and contributed to National Public Radio.
The Louisiana-born journalist got her name from her brother Tommy who could not pronounce her birth name Corinne.
She was born into politics: her father and mother were Democratic Congressmen.
She is survived by fellow journalist Steven Roberts and her children, Lee and Rebecca.
