Editing Cissy Patterson (section)

==Family difficulties==
She feuded with her daughter, who publicly "divorced" her in 1945, and with her former son-in-law, [[Drew Pearson (journalist)|Drew Pearson]], by whom she had a granddaughter, Ellen Cameron Pearson Arnold (1926–2010). An alcoholic for most of her adult life, she died of a [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] at age 66 at Mount Airy.{{sfn|Healy|1966|page=384}} She left the paper to seven of her editors, who sold it to her cousin Colonel McCormick within the year. He held onto the paper for five years, and although he seemed close to returning it to profitability for several years, it eventually proved too significant a financial drain. After sounding out several other publishers quietly, McCormick opted to sell the paper to the rival ''Post'', which promptly closed it.

As Countess Gizycki, Patterson was a frequent visitor to her ranch in [[Jackson Hole]], [[Wyoming]], in the 1920s, where [[Donald Hough]] records{{cn|date=September 2024}} an unexpected aspect of her personality: the ability to speak effectively to horses in language worthy of a native cowboy. The [[Flat Creek Ranch]] is now on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].

[[File:Grave of Eleanor Medill Patterson (1881–1948) at Graceland Cemetery, Chicago 2.jpg|center|thumb|200px|Patterson's grave]]