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- Birth nameAndrew Russell Pearson
- Drew Pearson was born on December 13, 1897 in Evanston, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for City Across the River (1949), Betrayal from the East (1945) and Dead to the World (1961). He was married to Luvie Moore Abell and Felicia Gizycki. He died on September 1, 1969 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
- SpousesLuvie Moore Abell(1936 - September 1, 1969) (his death)Felicia Gizycki(March 12, 1925 - August 1928) (divorced, 1 child)
- Created some controversy when he appeared in 1957 as a guest on The Mike Wallace Interview (1957) and said that _John F. Kennedy_ "is the only man in history that I know who won a Pulitzer Prize for a book that was ghostwritten for him", referring to "Profiles in Courage". The Kennedy family was angered and threatened to sue, but Mike Wallace and Pearson stood by the statement. Nevertheless, ABC issued a retraction and an apology. It was later revealed that Kennedy speech writer Theodore Sorensen did, in fact, ghostwrite most of the book.
- Influential US newspaper columnist; co-founder in 1932 of the widely syndicated "Washington Merry-Go-Round.".
- Dallas Cowboys three-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Drew Pearson's parents, Sam and Minnie, named their son after the journalist Drew Pearson, whose columns they admired.
- Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, vol. 6, pg. 384-386. Detroit, MI: Gale Research Co., 1982.
- He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio at 6623 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
- It's the job of a newspaperman to spur the lazy, watch the weak, expose the corrupt.
- I operate by sense of smell. If something smells wrong, I go to work.
- I've always tried to emphasize the personal side of journalism. It makes my points about clean government more effective and it does not put people to sleep the way some of my thumb-sucking colleagues do.
- I have pioneered more libel law than any other newspaperman.
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