Miami News Billie O’Day Obituary
I was happy to see the obituary of Miami News women’s page editors Billie O’Day. It ran in the Miami Herald recently. She was the longtime Miami News women’s page editor who won several Penney-Missouri Awards – the top recognition for women’s pages.
This is my favorite part:
“Summing herself up in her notes, Billie O’Day wrote: “I believed Anita Hill. My favorite TV shows are ‘Sherlock Holmes,’ ‘Brooklyn Bridge,’ ‘Murder She Wrote,’ ‘The Civil War,’ and any other documentary by Ken Burns.
“I watch CNN and C-Span. I go to lunch every day with my next-door neighbor, a Juilliard grad and a terrific vocalist and pianist. I don’t go out at night.’’
In conclusion, she said: “Is Miami as weird as it sounds from afar? Oh yeah! I had two cars stolen right out of my driveway.’’
Billie was an active member in the South Florida women’s page community who also included Marie Anderson, Dorothy Jurney and Marjorie Paxson.
I have learned about several significant women’s page journalists through their obituaries. One of my favorites was about Arizona newspaper food editor Carol McCready Hartley. Here is a link to it.
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