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May 23, 2019 · Cissy Baker, whose mother, Joy Dirksen Baker, also battled alcoholism, discussed her own sobriety and how she has dealt with it in an exclusive interview with the News Sentinel on May 2.
Mar 27, 1977 · With his wife's consent, Senator Baker mentioned Joy's long‐time problem with alcohol. At that time, she had not had a drink in more than six months. Now it is almost 14 months since the...
An alcoholic, the death of her dad in the fall of 1969 precipitated severely heavy drinking. Baker was passed over by President Ford as a running mate due to her drinking problem. In and out of clinics for years, she was once in a hospital for eight months.
Apr 25, 1993 · WASHINGTON -- Joy Dirksen Baker, daughter of one Senate Republican leader and wife of another, has died at the age of 64, her husband's Washington law firm said Sunday.
According to many sources, Baker was a frontrunner until he disclosed that his wife, Joy, was a recovered alcoholic. Ford, whose own wife, Betty , was an alcoholic (albeit undisclosed at the time), chose Kansas U.S. Senator Bob Dole .
Dec 8, 1996 · Senator Nancy Landon Kassebaum and former Senator Howard H. Baker Jr. were married yesterday at St. Alban's Episcopal Church in Washington. The Rev. John C. Danforth, an Episcopal priest and the...
Jun 26, 2014 · During much of the 1980s and ’90s, Baker grappled with the illness of his wife, Joy, daughter of Everett Dirksen, a former GOP Senate leader. She died in 1993 after an 11-year battle with...
