Bismarck, ND (AP) – Marilyn Hagerty, newspaper columnist for North Dakota review Her local olive garden restaurant It’s become a social media sensation, He passed away on Tuesday. She was 99 years old.
Hagerty died in a hospital in Fawkes, a grand stroke-related complication she was suffering from, her Gale Hagerty said. She has always been a journalist of the heart and has worked hard to get to know people and the community, her daughter said.
“When she wanted to talk about restaurants, she wanted to write some kind of critical review, but instead told people what to expect if they went to a particular restaurant,” Gale Hagerty said.
Marilyn Hagerty was born on May 30, 1926 in Pierre, South Dakota. According to an interview with oral historian Terri Finman in 2014, her career in the newspaper began in high school, supporting the editors of the Pierre Capital Journal and writing City Briefs.
She received her degree in journalism from the University of South Dakota. She is a journalist and has been actively writing for over 70 years.
Her 2012 Olive Garden Review – She praised Chicken Alfredo as “warm and comforting on a cold day” – “unique and authentic, and comes from her North Dakota grandmother.” She was herself, Gale Hagerty said.
Her mother’s review is called Olive Garden.
“As I ate I noticed a vase and planter with permanent flower displays on the shelves. There are several dining areas with arched doorways, and there are fireplaces that add warmth to the decoration,” she writes.
Serious reviews spread on social media, attracting the attention of the columnists from the national media.
“She was everywhere, she loved it and it was a great experience, but she had to ask my siblings. “She said if you were going to gain 15 minutes of fame, if you were 86, you had to do it right away. You couldn’t wait.”
Media attention was portrayed even by famous chefs and television host Anthony Bourdain. He defended Hagerty on Twitter from people who hugged food from the Olive Garden chain. He met her, continued to publish books for her columns, and also wrote the foreword.
In an oral history interview, Hagerty said her response to her reviews was incredibly incredible, including countless emails and phone calls, TV interviews and tours of New York City.
“But more than anything, it was people who felt defence and people who praised me for the way I wrote Eatbeat. And I wrote that Eatbeat column quickly and quickly one day, so I didn’t expect it to be repeated across the country, but that’s what happened,” she said in an interview.
Hagerty has been loved by Grand Forks for his long career and community involvement, and in 2002 the lift station was named for his dedication. Hagerty arrived at the ceremony on the bike of the restaurant owner’s owner, the daughter said.
“I’m going to leave some flowers there tonight,” Gale Hagerty said.
Until last year, Hagerty wrote at least occasionally for the Grand Forks Herald.
