Cooke, Janet Leslie
Born: Jul 03, 1954 AD
Currently alive, at 58 years of age.
Nationality:
American
Categories:
Journalist
1954 - Born on July 23rd. An infamous American jounalist for her fabricated story about a boy named Jimmy, an 8 year old heroine addict.
1979 - A journalist at The Washington Post.
1980 - She wrote the article Jimmy's World on The Washington Post's September 29th issue.
1981 - Recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing for the article Jimmy's World on April 13th, but was voluntarily returned after being caught writing fake news.
1982 - She appeared on the Phil Donahue show in January.
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