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White married Sallie Lindsay on April 27, 1893, and had their first child, son William Lindsay, in 1900. Four years later in 1904, daughter Mary, was born. Mary died at an early age in an unfortunate horse-riding accident in 1921, and White wrote a moving eulogy to his daughter in The Emporia Gazette. His son William, a Harvard graduate, succeeded White as editor of The Emporia Gazette after his death in 1944.
The pop/rock musical group They Might Be GiantsThey Might Be Giants (commonly abbreviated to TMBG is a pop/ rock duo consisting of John Flansburgh and John Linnell, collectively known as "the two Johns" or "John and John". TMBG's most famous songs are probably one single from each of their first three used giant cardboard cutouts of White's face in their early music videos from the 80's.