Marilyn Hagerty, Whose Column on Olive Garden Went Viral in 2012, Dies at 99 It was a simpler time online, her son recalls—and his no-nonsense mother broke through the noise for all the right reasons

Obituary: When Marilyn Hagerty wrote about the new Olive Garden restaurant in Grand Forks, N.D., in 2012, she never expected to go viral. She didn’t even know what viral meant.

Marilyn Hagerty, Herald reporter and columnist for nearly 70 years, dies at age 99 She wrote for the Herald for more than 60 years and became nationally famous for her work as a food critic.

I worked in Minneapolis when Marilyn Hagerty went viral for her review of the Olive Garden. Her life before and after was fascinating. Great obituary here for a great newswoman.
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North Dakota newspaper columnist whose Olive Garden review went viral dies at 99 Marilyn Hagerty, the North Dakota newspaper columnist whose earnest review of her local Olive Garden became a social media sensation, has died. She was 99.

Marilyn Hagerty, the North Dakota newspaper columnist whose earnest review of her local Olive Garden became a social media sensation, has died.

Marilyn Hagerty, Whose Olive Garden Review Went Viral, Dies at 99 “The chicken Alfredo ($10.95) was warm and comforting on a cold day,” she wrote from North Dakota. And suddenly the national media made her a celebrity.

Marilyn Hagerty, a food columnist who startled the online world with an earnestly detail-oriented and nonjudgmental appraisal of a North Dakota Olive Garden, and who was startled in turn when the review racked up more than one million page views, has died. She was 99.

Marilyn Hagerty, Whose Olive Garden Review Went Viral, Dies at 99 “The chicken Alfredo ($10.95) was warm and comforting on a cold day,” she wrote from North Dakota. And suddenly the national media made her a celebrity.

Marilyn Hagerty — who didn’t give a flying breadstick what the cynics thought — became a national celebrity when her review of a North Dakota Olive Garden went viral. She has died at age 99.

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