Mediagazer: Legendary political reporter Jack Germond dies at age 85 (Susan Page/USA Today)

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Susan Page / USA Today:

Legendary political reporter Jack Germond dies at age 85 … WASHINGTON — Jack Germond, a curmudgeonly chronicler of American politics for a half-century, died early Wednesday morning at his home in West Virginia, according to his widow, Alice Germond. — “I think he was a great reporter,” she wrote in an e-mail to friends.

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