My mother read a biography by Sam Donaldson quite a number of years ago, and I remember her telling me about an incident in there that she particularly liked. If I remember it correctly, when Brinkley had children at home apparently other young reporters would babysit for him. Sam Donaldson and others had a running poker game that would sometimes happen at Brinkley's house as they "watched" the children.

I haven't read the book, I'm only dimly recalling Mom's telling of the episode. But Donaldson was apparently quite a fan of Brinkley's.

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