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Trailblazing Journalist Nellie Bly Dies at 57

3/7/2026

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  • Nellie Bly, born Elizabeth Cochrane, died of pneumonia at 57 on March 6, 1922, at St. Mark’s Hospital.
  • She gained fame for journalism after completing the 1889 trip around the world in 72 days.
  • Bly began her journalism career in Pittsburgh and earned $25,000 in a year.
  • She married Robert L. Seaman in 1895, and after his 1910 death she returned to The New York Evening Journal.