Megan Marshack

Megan Ruth Marshack (October 31, 1953 – October 2, 2024) was an American journalist and producer who served as an aide to Nelson Rockefeller from 1975 until his death on January 26, 1979. She was with Rockefeller when he died, and it was widely alleged that she was his mistress.

Background Born in Los Angeles on October 31, 1953, Marshack was adopted by Sidney Robert Marshack (1918–1997) and Credwyn Marshack (1918–2010) of Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles. She then joined Rockefeller's staff. There had been speculation in the press regarding the nature of the relationship between Marshack and the married Rockefeller.

Marshack was with Rockefeller on the night of his death, and did not phone an ambulance for nearly an hour after his fatal heart attack. Longtime Rockefeller aide Joseph E. Persico claimed in the PBS documentary about the Rockefeller family, "It became known that he had been alone with a young woman who worked for him, in undeniably intimate circumstances, and in the course of that evening had died from a heart attack." Initial reports of Rockefeller's death stated that the former vice president had died in his office; these were later amended to say that his death occurred at a townhouse he owned. It has also been reported that he may have died at Marshack's apartment.

Later career Marshack remained largely out of the public eye afterward, and never commented on Nelson Rockefeller; the Rockefellers were reported to have had her sign a non-disclosure agreement. In the 1980s, she began working for CBS. She remained with WCBS until around 1998, when she moved to Placerville, California, and joined the staff of the Placerville Mountain Democrat newspaper. In 2003, she married fellow journalist Edmond Jacoby, Jr.

Later life and death Marshack moved to Sacramento, California, in 2022, so she could live closer to her brother.