Barbara Carlson

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1938|6|21}}

| birth_place = Mitchell, South Dakota, U.S.

| birth_name = Barbara Duffy

| death_date ={{dda|2018|7|9|1938|6|21}}

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| office3 = Minneapolis City Council, 7th Ward

| term_start3 = 1982

| term_end3 = 1990

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| party = Republican (until 1986)
Independent (after 1986)

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{{marriage|Arne Carlson|1965|1977|end=div}}
{{marriage|Pete Anderson|1983}}

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Barbara Carlson (June 21, 1938 – July 9, 2018) was an American politician and radio host from Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Biography

Her father, Harry Duffy, made a successful business of running the local lumber yard in Anoka, Minnesota. She was married to Minnesota Representative Arne Carlson from 1965 until they divorced in 1977. Arne Carlson was later elected Governor of Minnesota in 1991. They are the parents of two children: Tucker and Anne.{{cite web| url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-62631218.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121104154536/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-62631218.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2012-11-04 | title = Gov. Arne Carlson is a significant figure in "This Broad's Life," despite his written warning to the author - his ex-wife.; Governor had reason to worry | accessdate = 2010-08-16 | date = 1996-06-14 | newspaper=Star Tribune }} Carlson married Martin "Pete" Anderson in 1983.

Carlson, a self-described conservative, served on the Minneapolis City Council as an Independent-Republican, and later as an Independent. She ran a campaign as a candidate for mayor of Minneapolis against Sharon Sayles Belton in 1997.

Carlson was a radio talk show host on KSTP.{{cite web| url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-62631314.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121104154541/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-62631314.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2012-11-04 | title = Nothing's off limits for Barbara Carlson; New book has little sympathy, and no privacy for governor | accessdate = 2010-08-16 | date = 1996-06-16 | newspaper=Star Tribune }} She wrote two books, including her 1996 autobiography, This Broad's Life.{{Cite book|last1=Carlson|first1=Barbara|title=This Broad's Life: Raucous Riveting Autobiography of the Most Outrageous Radio Talk-Show Host|last2=Cagle|first2=Jess|date=September 1997|publisher=Pocket Books |isbn=978-0671523046}} She died of lung cancer on July 9, 2018, aged 80.{{cite news |last1=Walsh |first1=James |title=Barbara Carlson, former talk radio host, politician and bon vivant, dies at 80 |url=http://www.startribune.com/barbara-carlson-former-talk-radio-host-politician-and-bon-vivant-dies-at-81/487704651/ |accessdate=July 10, 2018 |work=Star Tribune |date=July 9, 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Horner |first1=Sarah |title=Barbara Carlson, flamboyant politician, radio host and governor's ex-wife, dies at 80 |url=https://www.twincities.com/2018/07/09/barbara-carlson-80-remembered-for-her-brash-honesty/ |accessdate=July 10, 2018 |work=Pioneer Press |date=July 9, 2018}}

References

Category:1938 births

Category:2018 deaths

Category:20th-century American journalists

Category:Deaths from lung cancer in Minnesota

Category:Minneapolis City Council members

Category:Minnesota independents

Category:Minnesota Republicans

Category:People from Mitchell, South Dakota

Category:Radio personalities from Minneapolis

Category:Writers from Minneapolis

Category:Writers from South Dakota

Category:Women city councillors in Minnesota

Category:20th-century American women

Category:21st-century American women