AKA Jackson Northman Anderson

Born: 19-Oct-1922
Birthplace: Long Beach, CA
Died: 17-Dec-2005
Location of death: Bethesda, MD
Cause of death: Illness

Gender: Male
Religion: Mormon
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Columnist

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Uncovered CIA plot to kill Fidel Castro

Military service: US Army (1945)

Wife: Olivia Farley Anderson ("Libby", m. 1949, nine children)
Son: Kevin Anderson
Daughter: Cheri Loveless
Daughter: Tanya Neider
Son: Randy Anderson
Daughter: Laurie Anderson-Bruch

    University: University of Utah (attended 1940-41)

    Washington Merry Go-Round Syndicated Columnist (1947-65)
    The Washington Post 1947 with Drew Pearson
    Stars and Stripes Shanghai Edition
    The Salt Lake Tribune Reporter
    Citizens Against Government Waste Co-Founder
    International Platform Association Chairman
    Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting 1972
    Nixon's Enemies List
    Religious Mission: Mormon Southern States Mission (1941-44)

Author of books:
The Anderson Tapes (1973, nonfiction)
Confessions of a Muckraker (1979, memoir)
The Washington Money-Go-Round (1997, nonfiction)
Peace, War and Politics: An Eyewitness Account (1999, nonfiction)

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