Thursday, June 23, 2005

Shana, you inanimate slut

Shana Alexander, the liberal Itchy to conservative James J. Kilpatrickā€™s Scratchy on "60 Minutes" in the late 1970s, has died at the age of 79. The Point-Counterpoint segments entered the pop culture lexicon when they were spoofed on Saturday Night Live by Jane Curtin and Dan Aykroyd. Alexander was a trail-blazer as the first female staff writer employed by Life magazine and the first female editor at McCall's magazine. She also covered the early days of the women's rights movement, President Nixon's handling of the Vietnam War and the slaying of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany.

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