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Article: William F. Buckley Jr., conservative icon, dies
- Article from:
- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- February 28, 2008
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William F. Buckley Jr., who as author, journalist, and
polysyllabic television personality did more to popularize
conservatism in post-New Deal America than anyone other than Barry
Goldwater or Ronald Reagan, died yesterday at his home in Stamford,
Conn. He was 82.
The cause of death was unknown, but his assistant, Linda Bridges,
said Mr. Buckley had been ill with emphysema.
"America has lost one of its finest writers and thinkers,"
President Bush said in a statement.
Mr. Buckley's political importance has long been acknowledged
across the political spectrum. Pat Buchanan, the three-time
presidential candidate, once called him "the spiritual father of the
movement," while the late historian ...
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