Melody Jean Miller (February 19, 1945 – November 8, 2022) was an American political staffer. She was an aide to the Kennedy family from the time she was a college intern for Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.[1]
Biography
Miller was born in Seattle, Washington, on February 19, 1945. She grew up in Arlington, Virginia, graduated from Yorktown High School and attended Pennsylvania State University, studying education and political science.[1][2]
Miller married Paul McElligott and James Rogers before marrying William P. Wilson who worked for JFK and died in 2014. Wilson "negotiated the terms of Kennedy’s historic first televised debate with Richard M. Nixon in 1960".[1]
Miller was found dead from a heart attack in her home in Washington, D.C., on November 8, 2022. She was 77.[1][2]
Career
In 1968, she was the last person to turn out the lights in Robert F. Kennedy’s Senate office after he was assassinated. Miller went to work for him after she graduated from Penn State. She then spent thirty seven years working for Ted Kennedy as a legislative and press aide and then deputy press secretary.[1] Some of the jobs she did was help Jackie Kennedy handle the condolences sent after John F. Kennedy’s death and Rose Kennedy’s 100th birthday celebration.[1][3]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Risen, Clay (November 29, 2022). "Melody Miller, Trusted Aide to the Kennedys, Dies at 77". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ a b Langer, Emily (November 11, 2022). "Melody Miller, trusted assistant to Kennedy family, dies at 77". The Washington Post. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ Bocking, Bree (2005-06-22). "Longtime Kennedy Confidante Miller Bids Adieu". Roll Call. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
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