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| name = Jack Germond | image = Jules Witcover, Ronald Reagan and Jack Germond in 1981.jpg | alt = | caption = Jules Witcover, Ronald Reagan and Germond in Oval Office in 1981 | birth_name = John Worthen Germond | birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|1|30}} | birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts | death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|8|14|1928|1|30}} | death_place = Charles Town, West Virginia | nationality = USA | other_names = | occupation = Journalist and author | known_for = Panelist on {{nowrap|The McLaughlin Group}} }}{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2013}} John Worthen Germond (January 30, 1928 – August 14, 2013), known as Jack Germond, was an American journalist, author, and pundit. His journalistic career spanned over 50 years; Germond wrote for the Washington Star and The Baltimore Sun. Together with Jules Witcover, Germond co-wrote "Politics Today", a five-day-a-week syndicated column, for almost a quarter-century. Early years{{refimprove section|date=November 2016}}Germond was born in Boston, Massachusetts, an only child, and raised in a middle-class household in Boston and Trenton, New Jersey. When he was 13, his family moved to Mississippi, and then to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where Germond finished high school.{{citation needed|date=November 2016}} After attending Louisiana State University for one semester, he served in the U.S. Army in 1946–47, returning to college on the GI bill and then graduating from the University of Missouri with degrees in journalism and history.{{citation needed|date=November 2016}} CareerHe began his career working for Gannett's Rochester Times-Union in 1961. He moved to the Washington Star in 1974, became a syndicated columnist and national editor, and went on to The Baltimore Sun when the Star folded. He began to appear on Meet the Press in 1972, the Today Show in 1980, and the NBC and PBS program The McLaughlin Group from its inception in 1981.{{citation needed|date=October 2012}} A fixture on The McLaughlin Group for 15 years before abruptly resigning, he later appeared on CNN, and appeared for a time on the PBS program Inside Washington. In 2011 he wrote several pieces on the 2012 Presidential election for The Daily Beast, an online-only publication.[1] Personal lifeGermond and his first wife, Barbara Wipple–a fellow student at the University of Missouri–were married shortly after he graduated in 1951. They had two daughters, Mandy and Jessica. In 1984, Germond met Democratic party operative and political activist Alice Travis. Germond and Barbara subsequently divorced, and Germond married Travis in 1988. She had two children from a prior marriage, musician Abby Travis and film maker Dave Travis, and is the Secretary Emeritus of the Democratic National Committee.[2] Germond died at his home on August 14, 2013, aged 85.[3][4] BibliographyWith Witcover
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1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/contributors/jack-w-germond.html|title=Jack W. Germond - The Daily Beast|work=The Daily Beast|accessdate=September 25, 2014}} 2. ^Jack W. Germond profile at Random House website 3. ^{{cite news|title=Legendary political reporter Jack Germond dies at age 85|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/08/14/legendary-political-reporter-jack-germond-dies/2651559|publisher=USA Today|accessdate=August 14, 2013|date=August 14, 2013}} 4. ^{{cite news|last=Bernstein|first=Adam|title=Jack Germond, syndicated columnist and TV commentator, dies at 85|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/jack-germond-syndicated-columnist-and-tv-commentator-dead-at-85/2013/08/14/891c3b34-c5da-11df-94e1-c5afa35a9e59_story.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=August 14, 2013}}
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