Her father was both a major Democratic contributor and the seller of the second-hand Lincoln automobiles that Wilson preferred.
[1] Shortly thereafter, Ted Turner offered her an on-air position with the fledgling network, CNN.
Her broadcasting profile soon rose considerably after being selected in to interview Cuban President Fidel Castro at the presidential palace in Havana following an invitation he issued to CNN.
She also served as the host of WTBS's Sunday-morning magazine program "Good News", produced by the husband-and-wife TV writing team of Bonnie and Terry Turner.
Wickersham was married for 27 years to Paul Dudley Derounian, Manhattan Attorney and Vietnam War Veteran, who died suddenly and peacefully in his sleep on Sunday July 27, 2014, at his summer home in Westhampton, NY.