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mahatmakanejeeves

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Mon Apr 2, 2018, 05:23 PM Apr 2018

White House correspondent Connie Lawn dies.

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Very sorry to hear about the passing of veteran WH correspondent Connie Lawn. She was such a wonderful person. We were all blessed to have her as a colleague in the WH briefing room.



RIP Connie Lawn. From WHCA prez @margarettalev: "Connie Lawn, an independent journalist who reported on the White House for the past half century, died today at her home in Virginia after her long struggle with Parkinson’s disease. She was 73."



She also wrote skiing reports for DCSki.
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mahatmakanejeeves

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Tue Apr 3, 2018, 10:27 AM
Apr 2018
Longtime White House Correspondent Connie Lawn Passes Away

April 2, 2018 at 1:03 PM (PT)

Condolences to family and friends of longtime independent WHITE HOUSE correspondent CONNIE LAWN, who died this morning (4/2) after a battle with Parkinson's disease at her home in FALLS CHURCH, VA at 73.

LAWN, who most recently was GREG CLUGSTON's backup for SALEM RADIO NETWORKS and weekend correspondent at the WHITE HOUSE and reported for several radio networks around the world over the years, including USA RADIO NETWORK in the '90s, was the longest-credentialed WHITE HOUSE correspondent -- about 50 years -- at the time of her passing.

SRN VP/News and Talk Programming TOM TRADUP, who worked with CONNIE at USA and SALEM, told the SRN staff, “All of us at SRN NEWS and TOWNHALL NEWS send our condolences to CONNIE’s husband Dr. CHARLES SNEIDERMAN and to her many friends and colleagues throughout the radio news industry. She was one on a million.”

NEW ZEALAND MEDIA 3 Apr 2018

Veteran White House reporter Connie Lawn dies aged 73

11:19 am on 3 April 2018

RNZ's long-serving White House correspondent Connie Lawn has died at the age of 73 after a battle with Parkinson's disease. ... Ms Lawn was the longest-serving White House correspondent, having spent nearly 50 years covering successive US presidents.
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Her last RNZ News appearance was on Election Day in the United States last year, when she described the prospect of a Trump presidency as horrifying.

In 1968, she conducted one of the last interviews with Bobby Kennedy moments before he was shot in Los Angeles, was beaten by Chicago police during the riots of the Democratic National Convention and arrived in Czechoslovakia two weeks after Soviet tanks rolled in to crush the Prague Spring. ... She was living in a Watergate apartment in 1972 at the time of the infamous break-in at Democratic headquarters in the Washington complex and was smuggled into Lebanon in 1982 during that country's civil war.

Ms Lawn also said her proudest moment was a meeting with Nelson Mandela who said he listened to her in jail and her reports "gave his people hope". ... She was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2011 and died at her Lake {Barcroft} home in Falls Church, VA, yesterday morning. She is survived by her husband and two sons.

“The Skiing White House Reporter” Connie Lawn Passes Away

By M. Scott Smith, DCSki Editor
April 2, 2018 —

In early 2003, I received an e-mail from the “Skiing White House Reporter.” ... The note started simply:

“Hi Scott … Your site is terrific! May I contribute?”

And thus began a 15-year partnership with Connie Lawn. By day, she served as a White House correspondent — the longest-credentialed one, in fact, covering administration from administration over the span of 50 years. But one of her true passions was skiing, and she blended her journalism skills with her love of skiing, contributing 178 stories to DCSki from January 22, 2003 through this past Fall.

On April 2, 2018, Connie passed away after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. Although I knew she had been ill, I’m still in shock; her boundless energy and enthusiasm seemed to know no bounds.
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While Connie deftly handled the words in each story, her surviving husband, Charles Sneiderman, manned the camera and provided shots to go with each story. Whenever I would see an e-mail from Charles arrive in my inbox with photos, I knew a story from Connie was about to follow.



Charles and Connie on a Lake Tahoe ski trip. Photo by Charles Sneiderman.
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About Scott

M. Scott Smith is the founder and Editor of DCSki. Scott loves outdoor activities such as camping, hiking, kayaking, skiing, and mountain biking. He is an avid photographer and writer.
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