| James Wieghart AKA James Gerard Wieghart Born: 16-Aug-1933
Birthplace: Chicago, IL
Died: 21-Feb-2010
Location of death: Clare, MI
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Journalist, Columnist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Editor, NY Daily News, 1982-84 Military service: US Army (1951-54) Served under Judge Lawrence E. Walsh as director of public information for the Iran-Contra independent counsel, where he co-authored Final Report of the Independent Counsel for Iran-Contra Matters in 1994. After a distinguished career in journalism and as columnist, he served as consultant for the Dilenschneider Group until an aneurysm in 2009 forced his retirement. Sister: Patricia Graham
Sister: Mary Lois Armstrong
Wife: Sharon Marie Hulin (m. 13-Aug-1955, until his death, four daughters)
Daughter: Michelle
Daughter: Elizabeth Queen
Daughter: Bridget
Daughter: Rebecca Eaton
High School: Niles High School, Niles, MI
University: Central Michigan University
University: BA, University of Wisconsin
Administrator: Chairman, Journalist Dept., Central Michigan University (1989-93)
Dilenschneider Group Consultant (1993-2009)
US Official Dir. of PR, Office of Independent Counsel, Iran Contra (1987-89)
Congressional Staff Staff Director to Sen Ted Kennedy (1986)
Scripps Howard Newspapers Columnist, Political Correspondent (1984-86)
The New York Daily News Editor and Senior VP (1982-84)
The New York Daily News Executive Editor (1981-82)
The New York Daily News Washington Bureau Chief (1975-81)
The New York Daily News Reporter (1969-75)
Congressional Staff Press Secretary to Sen. William Proxmire (1965)
The Milwaukee Sentinel
The Milwaukee Journal
Iran-Contra Scandal
Aneurysm 2009
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