Myra MacPherson was born on 31 May 1934 in Marquette, Michigan, USA. She was married to Jack D. Gordon and Morris Siegel. She died on 2 February 2026 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
When I sought my first newspaper job [in the 1950s], there were no women covering anything but society news, fashion. I fought my way out of that niche and was one of the few women covering regular news.
