- TV newswoman. Was the first female co-anchor of TV's 60 Minutes (1968).
- Has a dog named Lila, which is also her first name.
- Graduated from Wellesley College in 1967, and finished a semester of law school before deciding on journalism.
- Was rumored to be Watergate's infamous "Deep Throat". She repeatedly denied it, and it turned out that the actual "Deep Throat" was an FBI agent.
- Worked as a former White House press aide to Richard Nixon; followed Nixon into exile after his resignation to help him write his memoirs.
- Began her broadcasting career as a reporter at WLKY-TV in Louisville, KY.
- Member of "Broadcast" Magazine Hall of Fame.
- Member of Television Academy Hall of Fame.
- On the list of activities she wrote down for her first pageant win she mentioned that she enjoyed "tennis, basketball, being a Young Republican and, when time permits, knitting".
- Served as a TV weather girl in Louisville early in her broadcast career.
- 1963 America's Junior Miss, 1963 Kentucky's Junior Miss.
- Mentioned in My Whole Life Is Thunder (2012).
- Stepmother-in-law of ESPN reporter Rachel Nichols.
- Born at 8:00am-CST
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