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Helen Amelia Thomas (August 4, 1920 – July 20, 2013) was an American reporter and author, and a long serving member of the White House press corps. She covered the White House during the administrations of ten U.S. presidents —from the beginning of the Kennedy administration to the second year of the Obama administration .
Jul 20, 2013 · WASHINGTON — Helen Thomas, the veteran White House correspondent who was forced into retirement three years ago after declaring that Jews should “get the hell out of Palestine,” died...
Apr 24, 2024 · As the senior wire-service correspondent at the White House, Thomas was known to television viewers as the reporter whose dignified “Thank you, Mr. President” signaled the end of White House press conferences. She wrote two books of memoirs, Dateline: White House (1975) and Front Row at the White House: My Life and Times (1999).
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Jul 20, 2013 · July 20, 2013. WASHINGTON — Helen Thomas, whose keen curiosity, unquenchable drive and celebrated constancy made her a trailblazing White House correspondent in a press corps dominated by...
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As a correspondent and White House bureau chief for United Press International for most of her 60-year career, Thomas has been a journalistic thorn in the side of every president from John...
Jul 20, 2013 · WASHINGTON — Covering 10 presidents over five decades, Helen Thomas aged into a legend. She was the only reporter with her name inscribed on a chair in the White House briefing room — her...
Jul 20, 2013 · July 20, 2013 -- Helen Thomas, the face of American journalism at the White House for over five decades died today at the age of 92. Thomas' career ranged through ten presidencies, from Kennedy to Obama until her controversial retirement in 2010.