American literary agent, Lucianne Goldberg, dies at 87

American author and literary agent Lucianne Goldberg also known by the name Lucianne Cummings was said to as one of the “essential characters” in the impeachment of President Clinton in 1998 because she gave Linda Tripp, Monica Lewinsky’s confidante, the contentious advice to record Monica’s phone calls regarding their relationship.

The Clinton Affair’s exposer Lucianne Goldberg passes away at age 87

At her home in Weehawken, New Jersey, Lucianne Goldberg passed away on Wednesday. She was a colorful, conservative literary agent who was instrumental in the scandal that resulted in Bill Clinton’s impeachment. She was 87.

Her son, the journalist Jonah Goldberg, announced her passing. He claimed that she had kidney and liver failure and was currently in hospice care.

Ms. Goldberg was the Pentagon employee who suggested Linda Tripp record her talks with Monica Lewinsky, a young coworker who had an affair with President Bill Clinton while working as a White House intern.

In the special counsel inquiry that resulted in Mr. Clinton’s impeachment for lying under oath about having an affair with Ms. Lewinsky, the recordings were key evidence.

Ms. Goldberg, a New York agent known for her tell-all books and whose presence Time magazine once compared to “a cross between Angela Lansbury and Jimmy Cagney,” happened to speak with Ms. Tripp one day in 1997 when Ms. Tripp knew she would later be speaking with Ms. Lewinsky, who regarded her as a confidante, and the two spoke at the same time.

Although Ms. Tripp embraced the prospect of exposing Mr. Clinton’s actions, she never considered recording her phone calls with Monica Lewinsky.

Ms. Goldberg suggested Ms. Tripp go to Radio Shack and purchase a tape recorder. She asked her to persuade Ms. Lewinsky to save a certain outfit that contained tangible proof of the affair from being dry-cleaned or thrown away.

She also gave the news media well-timed revelations

Ms. Goldberg has dealt with her fair share of well-known customers throughout the years.

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They included Maureen Dean, for whom she ghostwrote the book “Washington Wives,” and Mark Fuhrman, the Los Angeles detective who wrote about the O.J. Simpson case in the best-selling book “Murder in Brentwood”.

Lucianne Goldberg was 87 years old at the time of her Death, Her Early Life 

Lucianne Goldberg was born on April 29, 1935, in Boston, Massachusetts. She was 87 years old. Her parents, Dr. Raymond Leonard and Lucy Jane (née Moseley) von Steinberger welcomed her into the world as Lucianne Steinberger in Boston, Massachusetts.

She was raised in Alexandria, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, D.C., where her mother practiced physiotherapy and her father worked as a government physicist. She attended high school in Alexandria but dropped out at 16 to start a job.

Lucianne Goldberg Career as a Professional writer and Author

While still in high school, Goldberg began her writing career at The Washington Post at a fairly young age. Goldberg made the decision to apply for the position of press assistant in Lyndon Johnson’s unsuccessful 1960 presidential campaign. She was given a job at the Democratic National Committee after John F. Kennedy secured the Democratic nomination, and then she was given a seat on Kennedy’s Inaugural Committee.

Her name does not appear on any staff records, despite the fact that she claimed to have been on Kennedy’s White House staff, according to The Washington Post. She responded by stating that she first worked at the National Press Building performing public relations before moving on to the Old Executive Office Building to conduct opposition research.

She founded Lucianne Cummings & Associates, a one-person public relations agency, in 1963. When she tried to sell a handwritten letter from Jackie Kennedy to Lady Bird Johnson through an auction house for $1000 (about $859 in today’s currency), she attracted the attention of the national media. While serving as Kennedy’s courier in 1960, she obtained the message.

The First Lady became furious upon learning of the auction and ordered that the note be brought back to the White House. After returning the note and apologizing, Cummings learned that her income tax returns would be subject to an Internal Revenue Service audit the next day.

in the 1990s

In the late 1990s, Goldberg was a notable contributor to the Free Republic website under the alias “Trixie.” When the webmaster, in Goldberg’s words, “let all the Y2K, gun-nut, Jew-baiting fanatics take over and flame the plain-old conservatives,” she and other conservatives, including Matt Drudge, quit the website.

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She later started her own website, “Lucianne.com,” and for a while, she hosted a nationally syndicated talk radio show with a correspondent from Washington.

Lucianne Goldberg Married to her Husband

Born in New York City, Lucianne’s romantic journey started when she fell in love with William Cummings in high school, leading to their marriage after graduation. However, their union was short-lived, and after three years of marriage, the couple parted ways.

Lucianne moved on to marry Sidney Goldberg in 1966, who was the executive editor of the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA) at the time. This union lasted for many years, and two children were born to the couple- Joshua, who tragically passed away in 2011, and Jonah, who has since become a bestselling author and political commentator.

As a young wife and mother, Lucianne’s journey took an exciting turn when she changed her name to Goldberg and began working for the Women’s News Service, a division of the United Features Syndicate.

Throughout her career, Lucianne’s faith remained a vital part of her life, and while she was raised an Episcopalian, her children were brought up in their father’s Jewish faith.

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