Lucianne Goldberg
| Lucianne Goldberg | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Lucianne Steinberger April 29, 1935 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Residence | Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York |
| Other names | Lucianne Cummings |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Education | George Washington University, B.A. 1957 |
| Occupation | Literary agent, author |
| Agent | Mary Yost Associates, Inc. 141 East 55th St. New York, NY 10022 |
| Known for | Clinton–Lewinsky scandal – encouraged Linda Tripp to record telephone conversations |
| Notable work |
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| Spouse(s) |
William Cummings (div.) |
| Children |
Joshua Goldberg (1967–2011) |
| Parent(s) | Raymond Leonard and Lucy Jane (Moseley) Steinberger |
| Website | Lucianne.com |
| Notes | |
William Cummings (div.)
Joshua Goldberg (1967–2011)
Lucianne Steinberger Goldberg (born Lucianne Steinberger; April 29, 1935), also known as Lucianne Cummings, is an American literary agent and author. She is the mother of Jonah Goldberg.
She was born Lucianne Steinberger in Boston, Massachusetts, to Dr. Raymond Leonard and Lucy Jane (Moseley) von Steinberger. She grew up in Alexandria, Virginia, outside of Washington, D.C., where her father was employed as a government physicist, and her mother was a physiotherapist. She attended high school in Alexandria, leaving at age 16 to begin working. She married her high school sweetheart, William Cummings; the couple separated after three years of marriage and later divorced.
Goldberg started her literary career at a very early age at The Washington Post, during her secondary education. Goldberg decided to seek the opportunity as a press aide in Lyndon Johnson's unsuccessful 1960 campaign for president. After John F. Kennedy won the Democratic nomination, she got a position at the Democratic National Committee followed by a spot on Kennedy's Inaugural Committee. She has said she served on Kennedy's White House staff, but according to the Washington Post, her name does not appear on any staff records. In response, she explained that she worked in the Old Executive Office Building doing opposition research, then worked out of the National Press Building in public relations.
In 1963, she opened up her own, one-person public relations firm, Lucianne Cummings & Associates. She received national media attention in 1965 when she attempted to sell a handwritten note from Jackie Kennedy to Lady Bird Johnson through an auction house for $1000 ($7600 in today's dollars). She had come into possession of the note when acting as a messenger for Kennedy in 1960. Upon hearing of the auction, the First Lady became irate, and demanded that the note be returned to the White House. Cummings apologized and returned the note, then found out the next day that her income tax returns were going to be audited by the Internal Revenue Service.
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