[Deathwatch] William F. Buckley Jr., conservative commentator, 82

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William F. Buckley Jr. dies at 82
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/27/buckley.obit/index.html

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- National Review founder and conservative
commentator William F. Buckley Jr. died overnight in the study of his
Stamford, Connecticut, home, the magazine announced on its Web site
Wednesday.

 He was 82.

"He died while at work," said Kathryn Jean Lopez, editor of the
National Review Online, in a written statement. "If he had been given a
choice on how to depart this world, I suspect that would have been
exactly it. At home, still devoted to the war of ideas."

His assistant Linda Bridges says he had been ill with emphysema and was
found dead by his cook, the Associated Press reported.

Buckley founded the National Review in 1955 became famous for his
intellectual political writings in the magazine.

The magazine claims to be the most widely-circulated journal of
conservative opinion.

Buckley's writings are widely credited for supporting the growth of the
U.S. conservative movement in the latter half of the 20th century.

He gained a following with "Firing Line," his Emmy-winning syndicated
public television show.

Former President Reagan, a longtime reader of the National Review, paid
tribute to Buckley's contribution to the conservative movement during
an event celebrating the magazine's 30th anniversary in 1985.

"If any of you doubt the impact of National Review's verve and
attractiveness, take a look around you this evening. The man standing
before you now was a Democrat when he picked up his first issue in a
plain brown wrapper; and even now, as an occupant of public housing, he
awaits as anxiously as ever his biweekly edition -- without the
wrapper."

Many thanks to TheLenGuy for posting this obituary