26 Facts About Sally Quinn

Sally Sterling Quinn was born on July 1,1941 and is an American author and journalist.

Sally Quinn writes about religion for a blog at The Washington Post.

Sally Quinn's father was an infantry officer who served as an intelligence officer and played a key role in the transition of the United States intelligence service from the Office of Strategic Services to the Central Intelligence Agency.

Sally Quinn wrote about his career in an autobiography, Buffalo Bill Remembers.

Sally Quinn reported in CC Goldwater's HBO film Mr Conservative that Senator Barry Goldwater spent much time with the Quinns, often staying at their home since his wife decided to remain in Arizona rather than DC while Congress was in session.

Sally Quinn began at The Washington Post with minimal experience, and was reportedly called by Ben Bradlee after a report of her pajama party in celebration of the election to Congress of Barry Goldwater Jr.

Sally Quinn was critical of President Bill Clinton during the impeachment trial, stating that he had "fouled the nest".

Sally Quinn had a long-standing animosity for the Clintons, possibly due to a perceived snub by First Lady Hillary Clinton, who declined a party invitation from Sally Quinn.

Sally Quinn had a reputation as a fair and honest judge.

The column alluded to Bradlee's family dysfunction and discussed her son's wedding, which Sally Quinn scheduled on the same day as the wedding of her husband's granddaughter.

The column was considered inappropriate, and reader backlash was immediate, criticizing Sally Quinn for airing family laundry and Washington Post editors for printing it.

Sally Quinn continued to write for the Posts OnFaith blog, at least through 2015.

Ninety minutes before her television debut on August 6,1973, Sally Quinn collapsed while trying to fight the flu.

Sally Quinn left the CBS Morning News after the February 1,1974, telecast.

Sally Quinn chronicled her short television career in the book We're Going to Make You a Star.

Sally Quinn was the third wife of Ben Bradlee, her former boss at The Washington Post until he died in 2014.

In February 2017, Sally Quinn put Grey Gardens on the market and sold it for $15.5 million on December 20,2017.

Sally Quinn and Bradlee had one child, Sally Quinn Bradlee, born in 1982.

In 2009, they appeared with Sally Quinn on the Charlie Rose show on PBS and spoke of Sally Quinn being born with velo-cardio-facial syndrome, known as 22q11.2 deletion and Shprintzen syndrome.

In 2017, Sally Quinn published a book entitled Finding Magic in which she described herself as a Christian who believes in the occult and the power of magic.

Sally Quinn recalled growing up in a family of Scottish origin which practiced voodoo.

Sally Quinn remembered her mother putting hexes on two people who later died.

Sally Quinn further described performing hex magic herself on three people, two of whom died shortly after.

Sally Quinn had a cameo role in Born Yesterday, the 1993 remake of the 1950 romantic comedy.

Sally Quinn was the subject of six portraits made by American artist Andy Warhol.

Sally Quinn was known as a famous hostess in the 1970s and 1980s, which was commented on in the play The City of Conversation.