- Created some controversy when he appeared in 1957 as a guest on The Mike Wallace Interview (1957) and said that _John F. Kennedy_ "is the only man in history that I know who won a Pulitzer Prize for a book that was ghostwritten for him", referring to "Profiles in Courage". The Kennedy family was angered and threatened to sue, but Mike Wallace and Pearson stood by the statement. Nevertheless, ABC issued a retraction and an apology. It was later revealed that Kennedy speech writer Theodore Sorensen did, in fact, ghostwrite most of the book.
- Dallas Cowboys three-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Drew Pearson's parents, Sam and Minnie, named their son after the journalist Drew Pearson, whose columns they admired.
- Influential US newspaper columnist; co-founder in 1932 of the widely syndicated "Washington Merry-Go-Round.".
- Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, vol. 6, pg. 384-386. Detroit, MI: Gale Research Co., 1982.
- He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio at 6623 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
- Son of Paul Martin Pearson (1871 - 1938), the first civilian governor of the Virgin Islands, he is the stepfather of Tyler Abell.
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