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6 unusual facts about Sally Quinn


Jacques Berlinerblau

In 2010 he launched a second show with The Washington Post's Sally Quinn entitled "The God Vote" which focuses on news cycle issues involving faith and politics.

Laird-Dunlop House

Benjamin C. Bradlee, the Washington Post editor during the Watergate era, purchased the house in 1983 and lives there with Sally Quinn.

Sally Quinn

Sally Quinn was born in Savannah, Georgia, to Lt. General William Wilson "Buffalo Bill" Quinn (November 1, 1907 – September 11, 2000) and his wife, Sara Bette Williams, (January 27, 1918 – September 26, 2004).

In 2009, they appeared with Quinn Bradlee on the Charlie Rose show on PBS and spoke of Quinn being born with velo-cardio-facial syndrome, also known as 22q11.2 deletion and Shprintzen syndrome (named after Dr. Robert Shprintzen who first identified the disorder in 1978 and who also diagnosed Quinn Bradlee).

Though he was not present, his regiment liberated Dachau concentration camp; he arrived the next day, when he heard the news.

A Savannah, Georgia, native and Smith College graduate, Quinn began at The Washington Post with very little experience: reportedly called by Ben Bradlee after a report of her pajama party in celebration of the election to Congress of Barry Goldwater, Jr., the job interview included the following exchange.


We're Going to Make you a Star

We're Going To Make You a Star, an account by Sally Quinn of her time with the CBS Morning News.


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