Megan Marshack

Megan Marshack
Born October 31, 1953[1]
California
Occupation News writer, producer WCBS-TV

Megan Ruth Marshack[2] (born October 31, 1953,[3] in California) was an aide to former Vice President Nelson Rockefeller and was with him when he died on January 26, 1979.[4]

Biography

She worked on Rockefeller's vice-presidential staff, in Washington, D.C., for two years.[5] There was speculation in the press regarding the nature of the relationship between Rockefeller and Marshack. For example, long-time Rockefeller aide Joseph E. Persico claimed in the PBS documentary about the Rockefeller family, "It became known that he had been alone with a young woman who worked for him, in undeniably intimate circumstances, and in the course of that evening had died from a heart attack."[6] News organizations widely reported that Marshack was a named beneficiary in his will, though the bulk of his estate was left to his wife with other large gifts going to museums.[7]

Prior to her employment with Rockefeller, she was a radio news reporter for the Associated Press.[8]

Marshack has remained largely out of the public eye since 1979. In 1992, it was reported that she was still living in New York working as a news writer for WCBS-TV, but the Washington Post noted she declined to comment, saying "I don't do interviews."[9] According to newspapers in September 1994, she was a news writer and producer at WCBS-TV.[10] In December 2008 Parade reported that Marshack married a journalist and was living in Southern California.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Official records of Eldorado County Registrar of Voters
  2. ↑ Although the name is sometimes incorrectly spelled as "Marshak", reliable news sources render the name as "Marshack".
  3. ↑ According to AP employment application, as cited in Robert D. McFadden, "Call to 911 for Stricken Rockefeller Did Not Identify Him", The New York Times, 30 January 1979
  4. ↑ Robert D. McFadden, "New Details Are Reported on How Rockefeller Died", The New York Times, 29 January 1979; Robert D. McFadden, "Call to 911 for Stricken Rockefeller Did Not Identify Him", The New York Times, 30 January 1979; Robert D. McFadden, "Rockefeller's Attack Is Now Placed at 10:15, Hour Before 911 Call", The New York Times, 7 February 1979; Robert D. McFadden, "Rockefeller Aide Did Not Make Call to 911", The New York Times, 9 February 1979; "Marshack Friend Makes Statement on Rockefeller", The New York Times, 11 February 1979.
  5. ↑ Robert D. McFadden, "Call to 911 for Stricken Rockefeller Did Not Identify Him", The New York Times, 30 January 1979
  6. ↑ PBS documentary
  7. ↑ See, for example, Peter Kihss, "Bulk of Rockefeller's Estate Is Left to Wife; Museums Get Large Gifts", The New York Times, 10 February 1979; this piece that aired on NBC's Evening News on February 9, 1979; and this piece by Max Robinson that aired on ABC Evening News on February 9, 1979.
  8. ↑ "Rocky Recalled", Time magazine, February 12, 1979
  9. ↑ "The Reliable Source, Remember Megan Marshack? She'd Rather You Not." The Washington Post. Washington, D.C.: June 5, 1992. pg. c.03. (91 words).
  10. ↑ Charlotte Observer. NewsBank. September 14, 1994.
  11. ↑ Scott, Walter (2008-12-28). "Walter Scott's Personality Parade". Parade (Parade Publications).