The Death of Margaret Truman Daniel, Daughter of Harry S. Truman

Margaret Truman Daniel, 83, died Tuesday. She died following a brief illness, and had been living in an assisted living facility where she was on a respirator, according to a statement from the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri.

She was a graduate of George Washington University.

Mrs. Daniel was the only child of former President Harry Truman. In addition to being a member of the former first family, Mrs. Daniel had a singing career that lasted for over a decade, taking her to Carnegie Hall in New York, and she made appearances on television shows.

She became a radio and television host. Her radio show broadcast each weekday on over 100 radio stations. She was even afforded the opportunity to interview her parents on television in 1955, substituting for Edward R. Murrow on his show, "Person to Person".

In 1956, she married Clifton Daniel, who would later become the managing editor of The New York Times. They had four sons together. She is survived by three sons . In 2000, she lost both her husband and her son, William.

Margaret was a prolific author as well as a successful singer, having written 32 books. These included a biographies of her mother, Bess and her father, Harry; and a series of murder mystery novels among others. Many of her books are still in print and all of them featured famous landmarks around Washington D.C.; "Murder in the White House", "Murder in the Supreme Court", "Murder in the Pentagon" are just a few of these. She also wrote "Murder at the Watergate" after the political scandal had made it so well known. Her latest novel, "Murder on K Street" was published in 2007 by Random House.