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Clifton Elbert Daniel, Jr.Married 1956 - 2000
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Margaret Truman
d.2008
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Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1924
Birth
Born on February 17, 1924.
1934
10 Years Old
She attended school in Independence until her father's 1934 election to the U.S. Senate, after which her education was split between schools in Washington, D.C. and Independence.
TEENAGE
1942
18 Years Old
In 1942, she matriculated at George Washington University, where she was a member of Pi Beta Phi and earned a B.A. in History in 1946.
TWENTIES
1944
20 Years Old
In June 1944, she christened the battleship USS Missouri at Brooklyn Navy Yard; in 1986 she spoke at the ship's recommissioning.
1947
23 Years Old
After operatic vocal training, Truman's singing career began with a debut radio recital in March 1947.
1950
26 Years Old
Reviewers were not always kind, but her father was fiercely protective: when in 1950 Washington Post music critic Paul Hume wrote that Truman was “extremely attractive on the stage... but cannot sing very well.
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THIRTIES
1955
31 Years Old
She became part of the team of NBC Radio's Weekday show that premiered in 1955, shortly after its Monitor program made its debut.
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1956
32 Years Old
On April 21, 1956, Truman married New York Times reporter (and later editor) Clifton Daniel in Independence; he died in 2000.
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1957
33 Years Old
She appeared several times as a panelist (and once as a mystery guest) on the game show What's My Line? and guest-starred more than once on NBC's The Martha Raye Show. In 1957, she sang and played piano on The Gisele MacKenzie Show
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LATE ADULTHOOD
2008
84 Years Old
In later life, Truman lived in her Park Avenue home. She died on January 29, 2008, in Chicago (to which she was relocating to be nearer her son Clifton).
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