Molly Ivins dies of cancer at 62

AUSTIN, Texas - Best-selling author and columnist Molly Ivins, the sharp-witted liberal who skewered the political establishment died Wednesday after a long battle with breast cancer. She was 62.

More than 400 newspapers subscribed to her nationally syndicated column, which combined strong liberal views and populist humor. Ivins’ illness did not seem to hurt her ability to deliver biting one-liners.

Some details about Ms. Ivins

• She worked was the first woman police reporter in the Minneapolis. Subsequently, the Minneapolis police force’s decided to name its mascot pig after her.
• She studied in Paris for a year at the Institute of Political Sciences.
• Sources say her humor and wit were a bit too much for The New York Times.