Former Carter press secretary Jody Powell dies

[KBlagburn]

Source: Associated Press

7 mins ago

WASHINGTON – Jody Powell, who was White House press secretary and among the closest and most trusted advisers to President Jimmy Carter, died Monday of a heart attack.

Powell, a member of the so-called Georgia Mafia that descended on Washington after Carter was elected president, died at his home near Cambridge on Maryland's eastern shore, said Jack Nelson, a retired reporter and close friend of Powell. He was 65.

Nelson said Powell had been working with firewood with a helper who briefly stepped away. Powell was discovered a short time later on the ground. He said Powell had had a previous heart attack in recent years.

Powell, who first worked in Carter's gubernatorial campaign in Georgia, joined Carter's presidential campaign in 1976 and served as chief White House spokesman between 1977 and 1981.

After leaving the White House, Powell became one of the founders of the Powell Tate public relations firm in Washington.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090914/ap_on_re_us/us_obit_powell

[eleny]

1. Just heard it reported on Hardball

K&R

Rest in peace, Jody.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. May he rest in peace...

65 is not very old...

The article said "heart attack."

[gademocrat7]

3. Rest in peace, Mr. Powell.

[KT2000]

4. that is sad

and 65 is so young.
I remember his big smile and good sense of humor.

[BumRushDaShow]

5. R.I.P.

Hadn't heard his name in a long time! Had wondered what happened with him.

[Bossy Monkey]

6. R.I.P Mr. Powell. Responsible for one of the greatest political one-liners ever:

"Being called a liar by Lester Maddox is like being called ugly by a frog." He will be missed.

[Raine]

7. Sad news

R-I-P Jody Powell

[Are_grits_groceries]

8. Bye Jody....

RIP...

[Billy Burnett]

9. Jimmy Carter is a beacon of humanity and class. Did you read this in the story?

Life is the details of compassion.

Dale Leibach, a longtime friend and business associate since their days in the Carter White House, said the ex-president went to a nursing home where Powell's mother lives to tell her of her son's death before she heard it on the news.

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[Douglas Carpenter]

10. Jody Powell, who served as press secretary for President Jimmy Carter, has died

Source: CNN

Powell, who served in the Carter administration from 1977 to 1981, died Monday of an apparent heart attack, Carter Center spokesman Tony Clark told CNN.

Carter said he and former first lady Rosalynn Carter "share a great personal loss today in the passing of Jody Powell."

"From the time he began, as a young graduate student, as my volunteer driver during my 1970 run for governor, no one worked more closely with me than Jody," the former president and former governor of Georgia said in a statement.

"Jody was beside me in every decision I made as a candidate, governor, and president, and I could always depend on his advice and counsel being candid and direct."

Robert Gibbs, press secretary to President Barack Obama, said he was "deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Jody Powell."


Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/14/jody.powell/

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Former White House Press Secretary Jody Powell died Monday

[TacticalPeek]

11. Bummer.

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