20 Facts About Pierre Salinger

Pierre Emil George Salinger was an American journalist, author and politician.

Pierre Salinger'sfather, Herbert Salinger, was a New York City-born mining engineer, and his mother, Jehanne, was a French-born journalist.

Pierre Salinger was considered a child prodigy in music who played on a grand piano even before he learned to read.

When he was 12, Pierre Salinger's mother told him his full-time piano studies were isolating him from society.

Pierre Salinger attended public magnet Lowell High School in San Francisco.

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Pierre Salinger left SF State to enlist in the United States Navy in July 1943 and became skipper of a submarine chaser off Okinawa during World War II.

Pierre Salinger worked on John Kennedy's presidential campaign in 1960 and became one of its leading figures.

In October 1962, Pierre Salinger briefed the press about what had been learned about Soviet missiles being stationed in Cuba.

At the time of President Kennedy's assassination in November 1963, Pierre Salinger was on a plane to Tokyo with six Cabinet members, including Secretary of State Dean Rusk.

Pierre Salinger was to attend an economic conference and start working on a February 1964 visit by Kennedy as the first United States president to visit Japan since the end of World War II.

Pierre Salinger published a biography of the president, With Kennedy, in 1966.

Pierre Salinger's loss made California the sole Democratic-held seat to go Republican in what was otherwise a Democratic landslide.

Pierre Salinger resigned from the Senate on December 31,1964, three days before his term was to expire.

Murphy, who was to take office on January 3,1965, was appointed to fill the remaining two days of Pierre Salinger's term, giving Murphy a slight advantage in seniority in the Senate over other members elected in 1964 when seniority was more vital in Senate affairs than now.

Pierre Salinger went on to work in the private sector, which included a stint as a vice president of Continental Airlines.

Pierre Salinger, devastated by the assassination, moved to France and was a correspondent for the weekly news magazine L'Express.

In 1978, Pierre Salinger took over Radio Caraibes International with his friend, the French advertising pioneer Jacques Dauphin.

In 1981, Pierre Salinger was bestowed with a George Polk award for his scoop that the US government was secretly negotiating to free Americans held hostage by Iran.

Pierre Salinger provided commentary on the 1989 Tour de France for ABC Sports.

Three months after the explosion of TWA Flight 800, Pierre Salinger claimed to have received a document verifying conspiracy theories about the flight that it had been shot down by friendly fire, and that this had been covered up by the United States government.