Michele Clark was born June 2 , 1943 in Gary , Indiana . Clark 's family moved to nearby Chicago when she was a child . She attended University of Chicago Laboratory Schools , graduating in 1961 . After high school , Clark moved to Iowa and studied at Grinnell College . In 1965 , Clark returned to Chicago and began studying Broadcast Journalism at Roosevelt University ; graduating with her B.A. , Clark worked in reservations for United Airlines during her graduate education . While working as a part – time model , Clark studied at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism , graduating in 1972 . Clark once again returned home to Chicago in May 1972 , and began work as a reporter for WBBM-TV before working as a CBS correspondent , occasional morning-show host and news anchor in Washington D.C. Clark died on December 8 , 1972 , at the age of 29 , in the crash of United Airlines Flight 553 at Chicago 's Midway International Airport on a flight from Washington to Chicago , en route to visit her parents
United Airlines Flight 553
United Airlines Flight 553
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