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WEKU Remembers Cokie Roberts

WEKU | By Mike Savage

Published September 17, 2019 at 12:56 PM EDT

WEKU remembers NPR Commentator Cokie Roberts. She has died from complications from Breast Cancer. Roberts was 75.

Roberts visited Lexington in 2017 as part of a live Eastern Standard broadcast. You can listen to the full program.

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