Lucianne Goldberg Dies: Literary Agent, Key Figure In Bill Clinton Impeachment Was 87
deadline.comLucianne Goldberg, a literary agent who advised her friend Linda Tripp to secretly tape conversations with White House intern Monica Lewinsky, has died at age 87 at her home.
No cause of death was given by her son, political commentator and author Jonah Goldberg. Lucianne Goldberg was a conservative activist whose agency specialized in right-wing books.
Tripp took her advice and taped Lewinsky talking about her sexual trysts with President Bill Clinton. Tripp’s 20 hours of conversation were used by special prosecutor Kenneth Starr’s investigation, which ultimately saw Clinton impeached by the House of Representatives and acquitted in a Senate trial.
Goldberg met Tripp while working on a proposal for a book on the death of Vince Foster, a Clinton aide whose apparent death by suicide raised many questions.
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