| | He is the progenitor of the Louisiana Landrieu clan which includes his daughter, former state treasurer and U.S. Senator [[Mary Landrieu]] and a son, [[Mitch Landrieu]], the former New Orleans mayor and former lieutenant governor.<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9558118/site/newsweek/</ref> known for his [[liberal]] political philosophy. | | He is the progenitor of the Louisiana Landrieu clan which includes his daughter, former state treasurer and U.S. Senator [[Mary Landrieu]] and a son, [[Mitch Landrieu]], the former New Orleans mayor and former lieutenant governor.<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9558118/site/newsweek/</ref> known for his [[liberal]] political philosophy. |
| − | Landrieu's sister-in-law, Phyllis Ann Coldewy Landrieu (1934-2020), was the first woman to head the Louisiana Democratic State Central Committee, and she sat too on the [[Democratic National Committee]], a personal friend of [[U.S. President]]s [[Jimmy Carter]], [[Bill Clinton]], and [[Barack Hussein Obama]]. A native of [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]], Phyllis Landrieu was active in public relations and the New Orleans [[Mardi Gras]]. In 1976, she founded Advantage Public Relations and Landrieu Public Relations, which she operated for forty-four years. In this capacity she worked to establish seven hospital systems.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary.aspx?n=phyllis-ann-coldewy-landrieu&pid=196932288&fhid=5630|title=Phyllis Ann Coldewy Landrieu|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=October 11, 2020|accessdate=October 14, 2011}}</ref> | + | Landrieu's sister-in-law, Phyllis Ann Coldewy Landrieu (1934-2020), was the first woman to head the Louisiana Democratic State Central Committee, and she sat too on the [[Democratic National Committee]], a personal friend of [[U.S. President]]s [[Jimmy Carter]], [[Bill Clinton]], and [[Barack Hussein Obama]]. A native of [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]], Phyllis Landrieu was active in public relations and the New Orleans [[Mardi Gras]]. In 1976, she founded Advantage Public Relations and Landrieu Public Relations, which she operated for forty-four years. In this capacity she worked to establish seven hospital systems.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary.aspx?n=phyllis-ann-coldewy-landrieu&pid=196932288&fhid=5630|title=Phyllis Ann Coldewy Landrieu|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=October 11, 2020|accessdate=October 14, 2020}}</ref> |
| | Landrieu's press secretary, Susan Louise Spaht (1944-2018), a native of Fort Monmouth, [[New Jersey]], later worked for the [[United States Army Corps of Engineers]] as a public affairs specialist for "Task Force Hope" to help in the reconstruction of New Orleans after [[Hurricane Katrina]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary.aspx?n=susan-louise-spaht&pid=189189563&fhid=4708|title=Susan Spaht obituary|publisher=''New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=June 8, 2018|accessdate=June 11, 2018}}</ref> | | Landrieu's press secretary, Susan Louise Spaht (1944-2018), a native of Fort Monmouth, [[New Jersey]], later worked for the [[United States Army Corps of Engineers]] as a public affairs specialist for "Task Force Hope" to help in the reconstruction of New Orleans after [[Hurricane Katrina]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary.aspx?n=susan-louise-spaht&pid=189189563&fhid=4708|title=Susan Spaht obituary|publisher=''New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=June 8, 2018|accessdate=June 11, 2018}}</ref> |