Anne Cox Chambers, a newspaper heiress, diplomat and philanthropist who was one of the country's richest women, dies at the age of 100.
FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2009 file photo U.S billionaire media proprietor Anne Cox Chambers poses after being awarded "Commandeur de la L'gion d'Honneur" at the Culture Ministry, in Paris. The family of Anne Cox Chambers says the newspaper heiress has died. Her nephew, Jim Kennedy, announced her death to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, her flagship newspaper.
“Aunt Anne was a wonderful, kind and elegant lady who cared deeply about her family, her company and her country,” said Kennedy, who served as Cox Enterprises chief executive officer from 1988 to 2008 and continues as chairman. “She took the responsibility of good fortune very seriously and gave back to the best of her ability to the many causes she cared about.”
She was the daughter of James Middleton Cox, the 1920 Democratic presidential candidate and founder of Cox Enterprises Inc. The privately held company has included The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and other newspapers, radio and TV stations, cable TV systems and other businesses.She owned a white-columned manor across from the governor's mansion in Atlanta, a villa in southern France and a posh apartment in New York.
Chambers' support of Carter, who captured the Georgia governor's office with her help in 1970 and the presidency in 1976, won her an appointment as U.S. ambassador to Belgium in 1977. But she did accept the job, joking later that she didn't realize her many conversations with Carter over the years"had been my interviews for an ambassador's post." She called the appointment"the greatest honor and privilege of my life."
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