Cokie Roberts is an author and journalist from the United States. Her work on news programs such as NPR and ABC News has made her famous.

What was the net worth of Cokie Robert at the time of her Death?

Cokie Roberts was dead in 2019, the late American journalist had amassed a net worth of roughly $5 million dollars. Her husband, Steven V. Roberts, has an estimated net worth of $1 million to $10 million as of 2019. His professional career as a journalist is his main source of income.

Childhood and Early Years

Mary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne Bogg, better known as Cokie Roberts, was born on December 27, 1943, in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. She died on the 17th of September 2019 in Washington, D.C. She died as a result of a complication from breast cancer, which she had battled since 2002. Her age as of 2019 is 75, and her zodiac sign is Capricorn.

Lindy Boggs (mother) and Hale Boggs (father) are Roberts’ parents (father). Her father served as the majority leader of the House of Representatives in the United States. Her mother served in the United States House of Representatives. Barbara Boggs and Tommy Boggs were her two sisters when she was growing up. Roberts is an American national with a white ethnic heritage. Her hair is light brown, and her eyes are blue in tone.

Education and Schooling

Roberts graduated from the Academy of the Sacred Heart in New Orleans, where she received her high school diploma. After that, she went to Stone Ridge School. She went on to Wellesley College to get her BA in Political Science after that.

At What age Does Cokie Roberts died?

For four decades, the American journalist worked as an analyst and political reporter for NPR and ABC News. He died at the age of 75. Her death was confirmed by ABC News on Tuesday, September 17th, 2019. Since 2002, the Journalist has been battling breast cancer, which she had successfully treated at the time. According to an ABC News story, she died in Washington, D.C., as a result of complications related to breast cancer.

Is Cokie Robert was married? Who was  her husband?

In 1996, Cokie Roberts married her spouse, Steven V. Roberts. Her husband works as a journalist, educator, and novelist. In 1962, the two met when they were both in their adolescent years. Roberts and Steven have also collaborated on a United Media weekly piece.

The pair has two children, a son and a daughter, from their marriage. Their first child, a male named Lee Roberts, was born on June 17, 1913, and their second child, a girl named Rebecca Roberts, was born in 1970. Her daughter is also a journalist, and during the 2008 presidential election, she presented the POTUS ’08 on XM Radio.

Honors and Awards

Roberts has won numerous prizes, including the Edward R. Murrow Award, an Emmy Award for her work on Who Is Ross Perot? in 1991, and the Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for congressional coverage.

In 2000, she was also awarded the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism. Later that year, the National Center for Health Research presented her and her mother with the Foremother Award.

She was inducted into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame in 2002. She is one of the 50 greatest women in radio and television history, according to the American Women in Radio and Television. Also She was  the president of the National Association of Radio and Television Correspondents.

Career of Cokie Roberts

• The iconic journalist began her career as the host of the show ‘Meeting of the Minds’ on WRC-TV in Washington, DC.
• She left her job and came to New York in 1967 to work for Cowels Communication after working there for a few years.
• She also worked as the production manager for the children’s show Serendipity for the Altman Production and KNBC-TV.
• Later, she and her husband went to Greece and worked for CBS News in Athens.
• Roberts began his career as a legislative journalist for National Public Radio (NPR) in 1978.
• Roberts joined ABC News as a political pundit and chief congressional analyst after working there for more than a decade.
• From 1996 to 2002, she worked as a co-anchor on ABC News’ morning show “The Week with Sam Donaldson & Cokie Roberts.”
• The late journalist also contributed to World News Tonight segments and several ABC News broadcasts.
• Her final work with NPR, “Ask Cokie,” on Morning Edition, was her final task before her death.