Activist Bianca Jagger (L), Curt Goering, deputy executive director of Amnisty International USA (C) and White House correspondent Helen Thomas attend the The Arab American Institute Foundation's Kahil Gibran 'Spirit of Humanity' Awards dinner April 23, 2003 in Washington, DC. (credit: Rebecca Roth/Getty Images)
Remembering Longtime White House Correspondent Helen Thomas
Helen Thomas, White House correspondent for UPI, reads the names of some of the 1,369 journalists who died covering the news since 1812 in ceremonies marking World Press Freedom Day at the Freedom Forum's Journalists Memorial 03 May, 2000 in Freedom Park in Rosslyn, Virginia. (credit: SHAWN THEW/AFP/Getty Images)
Remembering Longtime White House Correspondent Helen Thomas
US President Bill Clinton hugs former UPI White House Correspondent Helen Thomas during the receiving line for the State Dinner in honor of His Majesty Mohammed VI, King of Morocco, and Her Royal Highness Lalla Meryem at the White House 20 June 2000 in Washington, DC. (credit: TIM SLOAN/AFP/Getty Images)
Remembering Longtime White House Correspondent Helen Thomas
Retired White House correspondent Helen Thomas stands in the press gallery at the Democratic National Convention in the Staples Center 17 August, 2000, in Los Angeles, California. (credit: PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)
Remembering Longtime White House Correspondent Helen Thomas
News reporter Helen Thomas accepts Glamour's Lifetime Achievement award during the 15th Annual Glamour Magazine "Women of the Year" awards at the American Museum of Natural History November 8, 2004 in New York City. Thomas became the first female president of the White House Correspondent's Association. (credit: Scott Gries/Getty Images)
Remembering Longtime White House Correspondent Helen Thomas
WASHINGTON - APRIL 29: (AFP OUT) Helen Thomas, a White House correspondent for several decades, attends the White House Correspondents' Dinner April 29, 2006 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Roger L. Wollenberg-POOL/Getty Images)
Remembering Longtime White House Correspondent Helen Thomas
Long-time White House correspondent Helen Thomas takes up her seat on the front row of the remodeled James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in the West Wing of the White House July 11, 2007 in Washington, DC. (credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Remembering Longtime White House Correspondent Helen Thomas
Helen Thomas, the White House Correspondent who has reported on every President and Press Secretary since John F. Kennedy, chats with CBS White House Correspondent Bill Plante (R) as they wait for the daily press briefing in the Press Room of the White House November 12, 2008, in Washington. (credit: PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)
Remembering Longtime White House Correspondent Helen Thomas
Helen Thomas (C), the White House Correspondent who has grilled every President and Press Secretary since John F. Kennedy, is one of the first to get to her seat, a front row center seat, for the daily press briefing in the Press Room of the White House November 12, 2008, in Washington. (credit: PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)
Remembering Longtime White House Correspondent Helen Thomas
Helen Thomas reads through her stack of morning newspapers at her desk inside the White House briefing room March 27, 2009 as she waits for the daily briefing by US President Barack Obama's Press Secretary Robert Gibbs. (credit: PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)
Remembering Longtime White House Correspondent Helen Thomas
Longtime White House correspondent Helen Thomas arrives at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner on May 9, 2009 in Washington, DC. (credit: Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)
Remembering Longtime White House Correspondent Helen Thomas
U.S. President Barack Obama (R) brings surprise birthday cupcakes to celebrate the birthday of White House veteran correspondent Helen Thomas (L) in the White House briefing room August 4, 2009 in Washington, DC. (credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Remembering Longtime White House Correspondent Helen Thomas
Veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas holds the birthday cupcakes which were given to her by U.S. President Barack Obama to celebrate her birthday in the White House briefing room August 4, 2009 in Washington, DC. (credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Remembering Longtime White House Correspondent Helen Thomas
Reporter Helen Thomas (C) arrives at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner on May 1, 2010 in Washington, DC. (credit: Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images for Lutron)
Remembering Longtime White House Correspondent Helen Thomas
President Barack Obama (R) kisses White House veteran correspondent Helen Thomas (L) as he brings surprise birthday cupcakes to celebrate her birthday in the White House briefing room August 4, 2009 in Washington, DC. (credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Remembering Longtime White House Correspondent Helen Thomas
Senior White House Correspondent Helen Thomas reads the newspaper while sitting in her chair in the White House press room August 2, 2006 in Washington, DC. (credit: Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images)