reference to her wandering near the area, and in the corridors, positioning herself to be the first to question senators as they left the chamber after a vote. She continued reporting on the senate through the rest of her career with the Post, where she earned the reputation, in the words of then Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, as being '"a legend in Washington and a reporter in the best traditions of the profession.'" He described Dewar as having '"an eye for detail and a keen sense if the truth."' Massachusetts senator Edward M. Kennedy credited her as being '"a journalist of the highest caliber.'" The last story written by her to be published in the Post, on January 20, 2005, predicted that President George W. Bush would have difficulties having his legislative agenda enacted by Congress. Death Dewar died from breast cancer on November 4, 2006, aged 70, at a hospice in Alexandria, Virginia. She left no immediate survivors. Her ashes were buried at the Dewar family plot, alongside her parents, at Stockton Rural Cemetery, in Stockton, California. Awards and recognition 1984 Winner, Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting, by the National Press Foundation, for Distinguished Reporting of Congress 1987 Winner, Eugene Meyer Award, by The Washington Post, in recognition of her distinguished career and contribution to the newspaper 2006 Inducted into the Virginia Communications Hall of Fame 2006 Winner, the Lifetime Achievement Award, by the Washington Press Club Foundation, in recognition of her outstanding accomplishments in promoting the profession and enhancing the role of women in journalism In 2018 the Virginia Capitol Foundation announced that Dewar's name would be on the Virginia Women's Monument's glass Wall of Honor. References External links Dewar's "Potomac Flacks" memorial tribute Virginia Commonwealth University website 1936 births 2006 deaths American reporters and correspondents American women journalists Deaths from cancer in Virginia Deaths from breast cancer Writers from Stockton, California Writers from Alexandria, Virginia Stanford University alumni Journalists from Virginia 20th-century American journalists 20th-century American women 21st-century American women