ROBERT SIEGEL, Host: Sixty years ago, an only child living in the White House had to endure this...</s>M: Unidentified Woman: How do you like the Secret Service men following you around on tour?</s>MARGARET TRUMAN DANIEL: Unidentified Woman: Do you want to take a bet on that?</s>MARGARET TRUMAN DANIEL: Oh, I'm positive they don't. I've put my foot down on that in the beginning.</s>MICHELE NORRIS, Host: Margaret Truman Daniel, the daughter of President Harry Truman, died today in Chicago. She was 83 years old. In 1950, she embarked on a singing career and was panned by a Washington Post critic. Her father famously pans back, sending the critic this handwritten threat.</s>ROBERT SIEGEL, Host: Someday, I hope to meet you. And when that happens, you'll need a new nose.</s>MICHELE NORRIS, Host: Margaret Truman survived both her first daughter status and her failed music career. In later life, her name appeared on a string of successful mystery novel.</s>ROBERT SIEGEL, Host: And to our knowledge, "Give Him Hell Harry" never again corresponded with his daughter's critics. Margaret Truman Daniel died after a short illness. Again, she was 83 years old.
Margaret Truman, the only child of former President Harry S. Truman, has died at the age of 83. Truman was a college student when her father became president. She later became a concert singer, actress, radio and TV personality and mystery writer.