Frank Mankiewicz Remembered: 1924 - 2014

"Frank Mankiewicz, a writer and Democratic political strategist who was Senator Robert F. Kennedy’s press secretary, directed Senator George S. McGovern’s losing 1972 presidential campaign and for six years was the president of National Public Radio, died on Thursday in Washington. He was 90. The cause was heart failure, said Adam Clymer, a family spokesman, who is a former reporter for Th ...