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AUSTIN, Texas - Today would be the 111th birthday of former First Lady Claudia Alta Johnson, better known by her nickname, Lady Bird.
Johnson's legacy is deeply rooted in Austin. A UT Austin alumnus, she shared her first date with the future 36th president at the historic Driskill Hotel in downtown Austin.
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Lady Bird graduated cum laud from UT with a Bachelor's in Journalism.
That passion for journalism would lead to her flipping an inheritance from her father into the purchase of a local television station.
That station? None other than KTBC.
FOX 7 Austin is honored to carry on Lady Bird's legacy.