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Pierre SalingerAKA Pierre Emil George Salinger  Born:
14-Jun-1925 Birthplace: San Francisco, CA Died: 16-Oct-2004
Location of death: Cavaillon, France Cause of death: Heart
Failure Remains: Buried, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington,
VA  Gender: Male Religion: Roman Catholic Race or Ethnicity:
White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Journalist,
Politician Party Affiliation: Democratic  Nationality: United
States Executive summary: Former ABC News Correspondent
Military service: US Navy (1943-46)  A child prodigy on the
piano, Pierre Salinger grew up to lead a very full life. The
product of a French Catholic mother and a Jewish father, Pierre
decided early on to pursue a career in journalism. Salinger was
an editor for the San Francisco Chronicle at the age of 17, then
left a year later to join the Navy. After three years commanding
a Pacific submarine chaser, Salinger returned to the Chronicle
where he spent the next nine years. Then he