Adam Clymer, who covered congressional intrigue, eight presidential campaigns and the downfall of both Nikita S. Khrushchev and Richard M. Nixon as a reporter and editor for The New York Times and other newspapers, died early Monday at his home in Washington. The cause was pancreatic cancer, which was diagnosed in March, said Dr. Michael A. Newman, a professor of medicine at George Washington University who treated Mr. Clymer. Mr. Clymer had also been treated for Parkinson’s disease and Myasthenia gravis, a neuromuscular ailment. Mr. Clymer received unsought attention in 2000, when, during a presidential campaign rally, he became the target of a vulgarism by George W. Bush that was captured on a live microphone. It was not the first time he had been attacked.

Source: New York Times September 10, 2018 20:03 UTC