Phyllis George was the first female co-anchor on the CBS sports program The NFL Today
George's daughter, Pamela Brown, who is CNN's senior White House correspondent, told the outlet that her mother "paved the way for other women to become sportscasters."
"Mom lived her life to a high standard and set a high standard for everyone else," said George's son, Lincoln Brown. "What will forever stay with us are the defining qualities the public never saw, especially against the winds of adversity, that symbolize how extraordinary she is more than anything else. The beauty so many recognized on the outside was a mere fraction of her internal beauty and unwavering spirit.
While married to Brown, George served as Kentucky's First Lady from 1979 to 1983. She also briefly became the co-anchor ofAfter the couple divorced, George went on to establish a beauty line that was marketed on HSN and published an inspirational bookPamela and Lincoln told CNN that their mother lived long beyond her initial diagnosis.
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