Nancy Kissinger, a philanthropist and former foreign policy researcher who was married to former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, died Thursday at her residence in Kent, Connecticut. She was 92. According to Robert Johnson, manager of the property, the cause of her death was not disclosed. Johnson indicated that she will be interred next to her late husband at Arlington National National Cemetery at a future time.
The daughter of a New York City attorney, Kissinger met Henry Kissinger while both worked for New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller. She served as a foreign policy researcher and staff member on Rockefeller’s Commission on Critical Choices for America. The couple married on March 30, 1974, in a civil ceremony in Arlington, Virginia, when Henry Kissinger was serving as secretary of state in the Nixon administration. After departing Washington, they established residences in Manhattan and Kent, Connecticut.
Kissinger was known for her prominence in New York philanthropic circles and high-fashion circles. Michael Bloomberg, billionaire founder of Bloomberg financial news, former New York City mayor, and a friend of the Kissingers, described her in a social media post as “a powerhouse of ideas and insights” who served as “Henry’s most valued and trusted advisor.” Bloomberg characterized her as “the ultimate diplomat — as wise as she was discreet” and noted the couple’s “extraordinary partnership.”
In 1982, Kissinger made headlines after an altercation at Newark Airport with a woman distributing materials for a group affiliated with politician Lyndon LaRouche. The woman was accosting the couple with insulting questions as they prepared to travel to Boston for Henry Kissinger’s bypass surgery. A judge acquitted Kissinger of assault charges, describing her behavior as “a spontaneous and somewhat human reaction to an offensive question.”
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