Sallie Bingham, the author, playwright, philanthropist, feminist and political activist whose feud with her brother helped topple the Kentucky publishing and media dynasty into which she was born, died on Wednesday at her home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She was 88.
Clara Bingham, a niece, said the cause was a stroke.
The family drama began in 1918, when Ms. Bingham’s paternal grandfather, Robert Worth Bingham, bought two newspapers, The Louisville Courier-Journal and The Louisville Times.
