Remembering Cokie Roberts

Published: Sept. 18, 2019, 11:28 a.m.

b'She was \\u201cbrilliant, wicked funny and so, so kind. She was a role model and mentor to me and so many young women." So begins Karen\'s tribute to Cokie Roberts, who passed away on Tuesday after complications from breast cancer. Karen was an intern for Cokie in 2000 -- her very first job at ABC (she never left!) and through the ensuing years, mentorship grew into friendship. ABC\'s Karen Travers looks back on the incredible life, career and legacy of the groundbreaking journalist who was an inspiration to so many.'