Humorist Art Buchwald dies at 81
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Humorist Art Buchwald dies at 81
Columnist received Pulitzer Prize for political, social satires
WASHINGTON - Columnist Art Buchwald, whose wry political and social satire made him a pillar of the nation’s capital for more than four decades and earned him a Pulitzer Prize, has died, his son said Thursday.
Buchwald, 81, had refused dialysis treatments for his failing kidneys last year and was expected to die within weeks of moving to a hospice on Feb. 7. But he lived to return home and even write a book about his experiences.
“The last year he had the opportunity for a victory lap and I think he was really grateful for it,” said son Joel Buchwald, who was with his father when he died quietly in his Washington home late Wednesday. “He had an opportunity to write his book about his experience and he went out the way he wanted to go, on his own terms.”
Columnist received Pulitzer Prize for political, social satires
WASHINGTON - Columnist Art Buchwald, whose wry political and social satire made him a pillar of the nation’s capital for more than four decades and earned him a Pulitzer Prize, has died, his son said Thursday.
Buchwald, 81, had refused dialysis treatments for his failing kidneys last year and was expected to die within weeks of moving to a hospice on Feb. 7. But he lived to return home and even write a book about his experiences.
“The last year he had the opportunity for a victory lap and I think he was really grateful for it,” said son Joel Buchwald, who was with his father when he died quietly in his Washington home late Wednesday. “He had an opportunity to write his book about his experience and he went out the way he wanted to go, on his own terms.”
"Where there is sacrifice there is someone collecting the sacrificial offerings."-- Ayn Rand
"Some of my friends sit around every evening and they worry about the times ahead,
But everybody else is overwhelmed by indifference and the promise of an early bed..."-- Elvis Costello
"Some of my friends sit around every evening and they worry about the times ahead,
But everybody else is overwhelmed by indifference and the promise of an early bed..."-- Elvis Costello
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