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Article: Rapier-Witted Conservative Columnist for N.Y. Times
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- September 28, 2009
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William Safire, 79, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and
language maven for the New York Times, whose penchant for the barbed
and memorable phrase first manifested itself in speeches he wrote
for the Nixon White House, died Sept. 27 at Casey House, part of
Montgomery Hospice in Rockville. A longtime friend and former
colleague, Martin Tolchin, said Mr. Safire had pancreatic cancer.
For more than three decades, Mr. Safire wrote twice weekly as the
resident conservative columnist on the Times op-ed page. He also
wrote the popular "On Language" column in the New York Times Sunday
Magazine, exploring grammar, usage and the origin of words. The
column led to the publication of more than a ...