32 Facts About Lucianne Goldberg

Lucianne Goldberg, known as Lucianne Cummings, was an American literary agent and author.

Lucianne Goldberg was named as one of the "key players" in the 1998 impeachment of President Clinton, as it was she who controversially advised Monica Lewinsky's confidante Linda Tripp to tape Lewinsky's phone calls about their affair.

Lucianne Goldberg was the mother of Jonah Goldberg, a conservative political commentator, and Joshua Goldberg, a Republican nominee for the New York City Council.

Lucianne Goldberg was born Lucianne Steinberger in Boston, Massachusetts, to Dr Raymond Leonard and Lucy Jane von Steinberger.

Lucianne Goldberg grew up in Alexandria, Virginia, outside of Washington, DC, where her father was employed as a government physicist, and her mother was a physiotherapist.

Lucianne Goldberg attended high school in Alexandria, leaving at age 16 to begin working.

Lucianne Goldberg married her high school sweetheart, William Cummings; the couple separated after three years of marriage and later divorced.

Lucianne Goldberg decided to seek the opportunity as a press aide in Lyndon Johnson's unsuccessful 1960 campaign for president.

Lucianne Goldberg said she had served on Kennedy's White House staff, but according to The Washington Post, her name does not appear on any staff records.

Lucianne Goldberg received national media attention in 1965 when she attempted to sell a handwritten note from Jackie Kennedy to Lady Bird Johnson through an auction house for $1000.

Lucianne Goldberg had come into possession of the note when acting as a messenger for Kennedy in 1960.

In 1966, she married Sidney Lucianne Goldberg, who was then the executive editor of the North American Newspaper Alliance, later acquired by United Features Syndicate.

Lucianne Goldberg took the name Goldberg upon her marriage and worked for the Women's News Service, a subsidiary of United Features Syndicate.

Lucianne Goldberg ultimately set up her literary agency and became known as a promoter of "right-wing, tell-all attack books", according to The New York Times.

Kelley ultimately won a judgment of $40,000, with the judge declaring that Lucianne Goldberg was only guilty of "sloppy bookkeeping".

Lucianne Goldberg was the US agent for the memoirs of Prince Charles' former valet, which were blocked for publication in England by Queen Elizabeth.

Lucianne Goldberg met Linda Tripp in 1993 or 1994 while working on the proposal for the book on the death of President Bill Clinton's aide Vince Foster.

Lucianne Goldberg advised Tripp that it was legal to record phone conversations in Maryland without the consent of the other party; in fact, it was illegal to do so.

Lucianne Goldberg urged Tripp to take the resulting 20 hours of tapes to Special Prosecutor Kenneth Starr, who had a broad mandate to investigate improprieties by Clinton.

Lucianne Goldberg said that the disclosure of Lewinsky's affair with Clinton helped to protect Lewinsky, who suffered from an obsessive infatuation with Clinton.

Lucianne Goldberg said she was a political independent, though she was described in the press as having long-standing ties to the Republican Party.

Lucianne Goldberg admitted that slurs on her character were to be expected: "'I have never thought of myself as a victim in all this'", she [said].

Lucianne Goldberg denied allegations made in the media that she was part of a vast right-wing conspiracy to bring down the presidency of Bill Clinton.

Lucianne Goldberg was subpoenaed to testify before a Maryland grand jury contemplating indicting Tripp for having made the recordings.

Lucianne Goldberg explained that she had given Tripp incorrect advice, telling her it was legal to make secret recordings.

Lucianne Goldberg was a prominent presence on the conservative website Free Republic in the late 1990s, posting under the name "Trixie".

Lucianne Goldberg was married to Sidney Lucianne Goldberg, a newspaper executive with United Features Syndicate from 1966 until his death in 2005.

Lucianne Goldberg lost the election to the now Manhattan Borough President, Gale Brewer.

The children were raised in their father's Jewish faith, while Lucianne Goldberg, who was raised an Episcopalian, remained a Christian.

Lucianne Goldberg died on October 26,2022, at her home in Weehawken, New Jersey.

Lucianne Goldberg was 87 and suffered from liver and kidney failure prior to her death.

Lucianne Goldberg was portrayed by Margo Martindale in season three of American Crime Story, Impeachment.