Lally Weymouth – granddaughter, daughter, sister and mother of five Washington Post publishers – dies at 82

Lally Weymouth, a roving journalist and high-society fixture who interviewed diplomats, dictators and other world leaders for The Washington Post and Newsweek — publications that her family, the Grahams, owned for decades — died Sept. 29 at her home in Manhattan, reports The Washington Post. She was 82.

The cause was pancreatic cancer, said her daughter Katharine Weymouth.

According to The Post: As the granddaughter, daughter, sister and mother of five Washington Post publishers, Ms. Weymouth moved in social circles that helped shape American media and government, from the Camelot age of John F. Kennedy to the dawn of the Trump era more than 50 years later.

“As a young girl, she attempted to teach her mother, Katharine Graham, the twist in preparation for dance parties at the White House. She later swapped stories about her father, Philip L. Graham, with former president Lyndon B. Johnson, a family friend. To celebrate her mother’s 70th birthday, she organized a glittering 600-person party that drew President Ronald Reagan as well as fashion designer Oscar de la Renta. Henry A. Kissinger helped her craft the guest list.”