Robin Toner was a political correspondent for the New York Times. Over the 25 years she worked with the Times, she published over 1,900 articles. Only a half-dozen of those needed some kind of correction due to her "meticulous personal method" of checking her work.The New York Times: Robin Toner, Times Reporter, Is Dead (December 12, 2008)
Toner passed away at the age of 54 on Friday, December 12, 2008. Toner's family said the cause of death was due to complications from colon cancer.The New York Times: Robin Toner, Times Reporter, Is Dead (December 12, 2008)
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"When you watched her work, relentless on the phone, gnawing her fingernails to the nub, a perfectionist on the keyboard, you'd think: a workhorse, not a showhorse. Then you'd read the result and it would be elegant. She was one of the best."—Bill Keller, executive editor of the New York TimesThe New York Times: Robin Toner, Times Reporter, Is Dead (December 12, 2008)
"Robin was a reporter's reporter who deeply cared about the people and the issues she covered. There was rarely a day during our health care debates that I didn't open the paper to read Robin's story and learn how what we were doing impacted people."—Senator Ted KennedyThe New York Times: Robin Toner, Times Reporter, Is Dead (December 12, 2008)
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Died on December 12, 2008
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Peter Gosselin
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Began reporting career with The Charleston Daily Mail in West VirginiaThe New York Times: Robin Toner, Times Reporter, Is Dead (December 12, 2008)
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First woman to be the national political correspondent for the TimesThe New York Times: Robin Toner, Times Reporter, Is Dead (December 12, 2008)
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