DEAR READERS: My wife, Cokie, and I wrote more than 1,000 of these newspaper columns together. After she died in September of 2019, I began working on a book about her life and legacy. "Cokie: A Life Well Lived" was published this week. Here's a brief excerpt.
Through her visibility and celebrity, Cokie was an inspiration and a role model for innumerable women and girls. She was portrayed on "Satur…