Lucianne Goldberg, a literary agent who suggested her good friend Linda Tripp to secretly tape conversations with White House intern Monica Lewinsky, has died at age 87 at her house. No explanation for demise was given by her son, political commentator and writer Jonah Goldberg.
Lucianne Goldberg was a conservative activist whose company specialised in right-wing books. Tripp took her recommendation and taped Lewinsky speaking about her sexual trysts with President Bill Clinton. Tripp’s 20 hours of dialog had been utilized by particular prosecutor Kenneth Starr’s investigation, which finally noticed Clinton impeached by the House of Representatives and acquitted in a Senate trial.
Goldberg met Tripp whereas engaged on a proposal for a e-book on the demise of Vince Foster, a Clinton aide whose obvious demise by suicide raised many questions. Goldberg inspired Tripp to interrupt Lewinsky’s belief and provides the tapes to Starr. Goldberg later stated she was glad Clinton had been caught “at something.”
Goldberg’s literary company promoted books others would have shunned. The New York Times described her as “an agent with a taste for right-wing, tell-all attack books” in an article published amid the fallout from the Lewinsky tapes.
Goldberg additionally wrote novels and labored as a ghostwriter for celebrities.
Emmy winner Margo Martindale starred as Lucianne Goldberg in Impeachment: American Crime Story, the third season of FX’s award-winning restricted sequence franchise, which centered on the intercourse scandal that rocked the Clinton presidency.
Her survivors embody Jonah Goldberg. Another son, Joshua Goldberg, died in 2011.
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