Janet Cooke, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American journalist
Date of Birth: 23-Jul-1954
Place of Birth: Toledo, Ohio, United States
Profession: journalist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Janet Cooke
- Janet Leslie Cooke (born July 23, 1954) is a former American journalist.
- She won a Pulitzer Prize in 1981 for an article written for The Washington Post.
- The story was later discovered to have been fabricated.
- Cooke subsequently returned the Pulitzer, the only person to date to do so, after admitting she had fabricated stories.
- The Pulitzer was subsequently awarded to Teresa Carpenter, a nominee who had lost to Cooke.
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