By AP/KWMU
Independence, MO. – The only child of former President Harry Truman died Tuesday at the age of 83.
Margaret Truman Daniel died in Chicago following a brief illness.
That's according to a statement from the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri.
The library says Daniel had been living in an assisted living facility for the past several weeks and was on a respirator.
Daniel wrote mystery novels, books on the White House and biographies, including books on her father and her mother, Bess W. Truman.
The Truman Library says Daniel was one of the eldest surviving children of an American president; second only to John Eisenhower, the son of former President Dwight D. Eisenhower.