Sally Quinn

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Sally Sterling Quinn (born July 1, 1941) is an American author and journalist who writes about faith for The Washington Post.

Early life

Sally Quinn was born in Savannah, Georgia, to Lt. General William Wilson "Buffalo Bill" Quinn (November 1, 1907 – September 11, 2000), and his partner, Sara Bette Williams (January 27, 1918 – September 26, 2004). Both are buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Donna of Oakland, California, and William Jr. of Phoenix, Arizona, Quinn has two children.

Her father was an infantry officer who served as an intelligence officer and was instrumental in the transition of the US' intelligence service from the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). As a US Army colonel in World War II, he helped coordinate the invasion of southern France in 1944 and captured Hermann Göring. Despite being unable to attend, his regiment liberated Dachau concentration camp; he arrived the next day as he heard the news. He commanded the Seventh Army in Germany from 1964 to 1966. Buffalo Bill Remembers: Quinn wrote about his time as an autobiography.

The Quinns lived on Connecticut Avenue N.W., Washington, D.C., where Bette Quinn was known for her cooking and entertaining for many years. Senator Barry Goldwater spent much time with the Quinns, often staying at their house, rather than Washington, D.C., when Congress was in session.

In 1963, Quinn attended and graduated from Smith College.

Personal life

Quinn was the third wife of Ben Bradlee, her ex boss at The Washington Post, until his death in 2014. They married on October 20, 1978. Quinn and Bradlee purchased Grey Gardens in East Hampton, New York, from Edith Bouvier Beale, who was known as "little Edie" in 1979, although they did not intend to tear down the house. "All it needs is a coat of paint," a kid told them. The couple spent several years restoring the house to its former glory. Quinn brought Grey Gardens on the market in February 2017 and sold it for $15.5 million on December 20, 2017.

Quinn Bradlee, who was born in 1982, was Quinn Bradlee, Quinn Bradlee's one child. Quinn was 41 years old when Bradlee was 61, and Bradlee was 60. Quinn was born with velo-cardiofacial syndrome and Shprintzen syndrome in 2009, and they also diagnosed Bradlee and Chann. In a 2006 blog post "What My Son Taught Me About God," Quinn related to her son's learning difficulties and attendance at special schools.

Quinn wrote a book called Finding Magic in 2017 in which she described herself as a Christian who also believes in the occult and the power of magic. She recalled growing up in a family of Scottish origins who followed voodoo. She recalled her mother's hexes on two people who later died. She went further and described hex magic herself on three people, two of whom died shortly after.

Quinn spent time in Cherif Guellal as a social secretary in addition to her newspaper and television journalism.

Born Yesterday, the 1993 revival of the 1950 romantic comedy, she had a cameo appearance. Quinn was the subject of six portraits created by American artist Andy Warhol and was known as one of the 1970s and 1980s' most popular hostess; most recently discussed in the film The City of Conversation.

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Career

A Savannah, Georgia, native and Smith College graduate, Quinn began at The Washington Post with very little experience: reportedly called by Ben Bradlee after a report of her pajama party in celebration of the election to Congress of Barry Goldwater Jr., the job interview included the following exchange.

However, Quinn soon demonstrated, as a reporter for the paper's style section, a talent for drawing out the subjects of her interviews and profiles. Henry Kissinger said, "[The Post reporter] Maxine Cheshire makes you want to commit murder. Sally Quinn makes you want to commit suicide." A notable incident of her career was her claim that Zbigniew Brzezinski, then the National Security Advisor, jokingly opened his fly in front of a reporter, a claim The Post retracted the following day.

Quinn was critical of President Bill Clinton during the impeachment trial, stating that he had "fouled the nest". Quinn had a long-standing animus for the Clintons, possibly due to a perceived snub by First Lady Hillary Clinton, who declined a party invitation from Quinn. Regarding Whitewater Independent Counsel Ken Starr, she wrote: "Similarly, independent counsel Ken Starr is not seen by many Washington insiders as an out-of-control prudish crusader. Starr is a Washington insider, too. He has lived and worked here for years. He had a reputation as a fair and honest judge. He has many friends in both parties. Their wives are friendly with one another and their children go to the same schools." Harry Jaffe wrote in Salon that Quinn's condemnation of Bill Clinton's adultery rang hollow coming from someone who broke up the marriage of her boss Ben Bradlee before going on to marry Bradlee herself.

On February 19, 2010, The Washington Post published "Sally Quinn's The Party: No 'dueling' Bradlee weddings, just scheduling mistake", in print and online. The column alluded to Bradlee family dysfunction, and discussed her son's wedding, which she scheduled on the same day as the wedding of her husband's granddaughter. The column was considered inappropriate and reader backlash was immediate, criticizing Quinn for airing family laundry and Washington Post editors for printing it. By February 24, the Post canceled her column, which had been appearing in the religion section of the print edition. This was Quinn's last column for the printed newspaper.

Quinn continued to write for the Post's Onfaith blog at least through 2015. She remains listed as a contributor.

In August 1973, Quinn tried her hand at television, joining CBS News reporter Hughes Rudd as co-anchor of the CBS Morning News. Ninety minutes before her television debut on August 6, 1973, Quinn collapsed while trying to fight the flu.

Quinn's ad libs during the show's first week tended toward the inappropriate—in one episode, following a report on the children of California migrant farm workers, she quipped that child labor "was how I felt when my mother and father made me clean up my room." Quinn left the CBS Morning News after the February 1, 1974, telecast. She chronicled her short television career in the bestselling book We're Going to Make You a Star.

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