Jody Powell Dead at 65

[Stinky The Clown]

A very likable guy. You'll be missed, Jody.




Jody Powell, Former W.H. Press Secretary, Dies

CBS News has learned that former White House Press Secretary Jody Powell has died. Powell, who was 65, served as President Jimmy Carter's press secretary from 1977 to 1981.

According to a family friend, Powell died of a heart attack at his home on the eastern shore of Maryland.

"Jody Powell will be remembered as one of Jimmy Carter's most trusted advisors," said CBS News White House Correspondent Peter Maer, who covered Jody Powell when Jimmy Carter was Georgia governor and U.S. president. "His role went way beyond being a spokesman. Powell and other close Carter aides became known as the so-called Georgia Mafia."

"He rose from being Jimmy Carter's campaign driver to press secretary and key advisor in the Georgia State House and the White House," said Maer. "Mr. Carter once said that Jody Powell knew him better than anyone except First Lady Rosalyn Carter."

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More here:

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/09/14/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry5310805.shtml

[mtnester]

1. Saw Stephanapoulis's tweet on that

sad sad

[Skittles]

2. I'll bet Jimmy and Rosalyn are crushed

:cry:

[timtom]

3. One of the good guys.

[PopSixSquish]

4. Aww - Goodbye Mr. Powell

You served your President well...

[JohnnyLib2]

5. RIP. He earned a lot of respect.

[Old and In the Way]

6. Damn...I hit the unrec instead of rec....wish I could take that back.

Jody Powell and Hamilton Jordan....both gone way before their time. Yet evil pricks seem to be with us forever.

[NoPasaran]

8. I cancelled your unrec

Jody Powell, what a surprise!

[SalmonChantedEvening]

7. RIP Mr. Powell

:patriot:

My condolences to his family and friends.

He served his nation proudly. Thank you sir.

[Stinky The Clown]

12. He was a genuinely nice man.

[Raine]

9. R-I-P Jody

that's way too young to die. :-(

[glinda]

10. That is very very sad. RIP Jody.

[NC_Nurse]

11. His wife was my Social Studies teacher in 7th grade, I think it was. She was

great. My condolences to her and the family.

[rbrnmw]

13. Jody Powell was another of the good guys

I met him when I was 7 years old during the 76 campaign

[tosh]

14. A real loss. Peace, Mr. Powell.

[customerserviceguy]

15. He certainly had a way with words

Commenting on a February Cabinet meeting where the thermostat was set at 65 degrees to conserve energy, he quipped, "I'm told it was one of the most wideawake Cabinet meetings ever held."

He once likened the reporters trailing Bert Lance to a group of over-adrenalized bird dogs. "You feed 'em and groom 'em and exercise 'em for six months and then you finally turn 'em loose and they piss all over the truck and bite roots and eat butterflies. They go crazy."

Both from Time Magazine's archives. I've been studying the Carter Administration just beginning with last week there, and these were a couple of my favorite quotes.

[customerserviceguy]

16. A Time cover from June, 1977:

[crazyjoe]

17. A guy named Jody? that sucked for him