- She had one child: actor Josh Stamberg.
- Attended and graduated from Barnard College in Manhattan, New York City (1959).
- She was awarded the Edward R. Murrow Award (Corporation for Public Broadcasting) (1980).
- Inducted into the Broadcasting Hall of Fame (1994) and the National Radio Hall of Fame (1996).
- She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio at 6363 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on March 3, 2020. Actors Annette Bening and Josh Stamberg were guest speakers at the ceremony.
- She was the first woman to hold a full-time position as anchorwoman of a national nightly news broadcast in the United States.
- She retired from radio broadcasting on September 1, 2025 (six days before her 87th birthday).
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