He appeared in more than 1,000 newspapers with 40 million readers, won
a Pulitzer Prize and prompted J. Edgar Hoover to call him "lower than
the regurgitated filth of vultures."
Mr. Anderson broke stories that included the Central Intelligence
Agency's enlisting of the Mafia to kill Fidel Castro, the savings and
loan scandal, Senator Thomas J. Dodd's loose ethics, and the mystery
surrounding Howard Hughes's death.
Became Drew Pearson's partner in his column and radio show "Washington
Merry-Go-Round", and took over both after Pearson died.
Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 7, 2003-2005, pages 8-11. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2007.
He broke stories that included the Central Intelligence Agency's
enlisting of the Mafia to kill Fidel Castro, the savings and loan
scandal, Senator Thomas J. Dodd's loose ethics, and the mystery
surrounding Howard Hughes's death.