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Article: William F. Buckley, Jr. found dead in his home at 82.(Inside Track)(Obituary)(Brief article)
- Article from:
- The New American
- Article date:
- March 17, 2008
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After suffering from diabetes and emphysema according to his son Christopher, William E Buckley, Jr. was found dead at his desk on February 27 at age 82. The author of 45 books, he wrote about sailing, penned a series of spy novels, and tweaked liberals with a string of politically oriented works beginning with God and Man at Yale. That book, written while Buckley was still a student at the liberal Ivy League university, made him a folk hero of sorts in the eyes of many conservatives.
In 1955, he launched National Review magazine with a staff that was top-heavy with Trotskyite socialists who would be properly labeled neoconservatives today. He used the magazine ...
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Article: BUCKLEY TO CEDE CONTROL OF NATIONAL REVIEW
United Press International;
June 29, 2004 ;
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... ... International 06-29-2004 Buckley to cede control of National Review NEW YORK, Jun 29 ... author William F. Buckley, Jr., said he ... his interest in National Review, a magazine he ... conservatism. Buckley, the erudite columnist ...
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