September 20, 1943

Gene Lyons was born in New Jersey. Lyons became an award-winning author, columnist, and political commentator, living in Arkansas and writing a nationally syndicated column for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, among other publications. He authored several books and served as co-author of The Hunting of the President: The Ten-Year Campaign to Destroy Bill and Hillary Clinton (2000), which was made into a documentary film in 2004.