- 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.
- Children: Cheri, Lance, Laurie, Tina, Kevin, Randy, Tanya, Rodney, Bryan.
- Has nine children with wife of 56 years Olivia.
- 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.
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