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Molly Ivins Remembrance

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Default-piece-image-0 Molly Ivins left her mark on all who met who her and read her work. Her down-home style and colorful language ? she called the Texas Legislature ?The Lege? ? declared loudly and proudly that she was a Texan. And she boldly shared her opinions about the political state of affairs in books like Who Let the Dogs In?: Incredible Political Animals I Have Known and Bushwhacked: Life in George W. Bush?s America. In 1999, Ivins was diagnosed with breast cancer, and she fought her illness with the same passion and sense of irony infused in her work.

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Molly Ivins left her mark on all who met who her and read her work. Her down-home style and colorful language ? she called the Texas Legislature ?The Lege? ? declared loudly and proudly that she was a Texan. And she boldly shared her opinions about the political state of affairs in books like Who Let the Dogs In?: Incredible Political Animals I Have Known and Bushwhacked: Life in George W. Bush?s America. In 1999, Ivins was diagnosed with breast cancer, and she fought her illness with the same passion and sense of irony infused in her work.

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Moody/Ivins Remembrance LEAD 2/1/07

Nationally syndicated columnist Molly Ivins died Wednesday after a long battle with breast cancer. As KUT?s Julie Moody reports, Ivins? legacy will live on in her writings -- and in the hearts of Austinites near and far.

Time: 7:09
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Moody/Ivins Remembrance SCRIPT 1/07

Molly Ivins was a political columnist with a great sense of humor. Her column was syndicated in almost 400 newspapers around the country, including the Austin American-Statesman. She was a former editor at the Texas Observer and a contributor to Texas Monthly Magazine. In 1996 she appeared as a weekly commentator on the CBS news magazine 60 Minutes and authored several best selling books on politics. Democratic Texas State Senator Rodney Ellis believes no one was safe from Ivins? incisive wit. Ellis found himself stuck on the tip of her pen several times....
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