Eugene Joseph McCarthy

Personal life McCarthy and his wife, Abigail Quigley McCarthy, had five children, Christopher Joseph McCarthy (April 30, 1946 – April 30, 1946), Ellen Anne McCarthy, Mary Abigail McCarthy (April 29, 1949 – July 28, 1990), Michael Benet McCarthy, and Margaret Alice McCarthy.[citation needed] In 1969, McCarthy separated from his wife after 24 years of marriage, but the two never divorced. The young McCarthy children stayed with their mother following the separation.[42] According to Dominic Sandbrook, McCarthy biographer, it was CBS News correspondent Marya McLaughlin[43] (December 29, 1929 – September 14, 1998) with whom McCarthy was actually involved in a long-term relationship that lasted until McLaughlin's death in 1998.[44] Death and legacy McCarthy died of complications from Parkinson's disease at the age of 89 on December 10, 2005, in a retirement home in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., where he had lived for the previous few years. His eulogy was given by former President Bill Clinton. Following his death the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University dedicated their Public Policy Center the Eugene J. McCarthy Center for Public Policy.[45] The Democratic party memorialized his death during the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, on August 28, 2008. The memorial included pictures of several prominent Democrats who had died during the four-year period since the 2004 Convention displayed on a large screen. During Senator McCarthy's tribute, the screen displaying his photograph left off his first name but included his middle name, calling him "Senator Joseph McCarthy"; Joseph McCarthy was a notable Republican Senator from Wisconsin famous for his anti-Communist campaigning and sparring with journalist Edward R. Murrow.[46] In 2009, his alma mater, St. John's University, honored McCarthy by establishing the Eugene McCarthy Distinguished Public Service Award.[47] McCarthy's files as U.S. congressman (Democratic Farmer-Labor) from Minnesota's fourth district (1949–1958) and as U.S. senator from Minnesota (1959–1970) are available at the Minnesota History Center for research use. They include executive files, general files, legislative files, personal files, political and campaign (including senatorial, vice presidential, and presidential) files, public relations files, sound and visual materials (with photographs), and speeches.[48]