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Helen Thomas, pioneering reporter, to be remembered at service today
Source: Detroit Free Press
A suburban Detroit church that pioneering journalist Helen Thomas attended as a child is holding her memorial service.
The public memorial service begins at 11 a.m. today at St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church in Troy.
The 92-year-old Thomas died last month at her Washington, D.C., apartment. She was born to Lebanese immigrants in Winchester, Ky., and raised in Detroit.
Read more: http://www.freep.com/article/20130815/NEWS05/308150052/Helen-Thomas-pioneering-reporter-to-be-remembered-at-service-today
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Helen Thomas, pioneering reporter, to be remembered at service today (Original Post)
mfcorey1
Aug 2013
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truthisfreedom
(23,169 posts)2. RIP Helen!
Beacool
(30,254 posts)3. May she rest in peace.
Hekate
(91,039 posts)4. Thanks for your long service to a free press, Helen. You were one of the greats.
a la izquierda
(11,803 posts)5. Oh! I had no idea she died.
Rest in Peace, Ms Thomas.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)6. She will go down in history as one of the first great women journalists in the US who stood up for
the truth no matter who was in power.