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Columnist Art Buchwald dead at 81
CNN ^ | January 18, 2007

Posted on 01/18/2007 7:12:56 AM PST by BulletBobCo

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Art Buchwald, who took humorous jabs at Washington politicians in syndicated columns for decades, has died, a close friend said Thursday. He was 81.

Buchwald died late Wednesday, said CNN anchor Kyra Phillips. Buchwald was her mentor for 18 years, and she became a close friend of the family. The unofficial cause of death, she said, was kidney failure.

She said Buchwald's son and daughter-in-law were at his side, "holding his hand. He passed away peacefully."

"In the last few weeks, he knew it was his time," she said. "He said his good-byes to everybody."

That included his colleagues at the Washington Post, which published his columns after he moved to Washington in the 1960s.

Buchwald suffered a stroke in 2000, and was plagued by kidney and circulation problems, which led doctors to amputate one of his legs below the knee.

He checked into a Washington hospice February 7 after he chose to quit life-prolonging kidney dialysis. His last treatment was February 1. However, Phillips said Thursday that he continued to make hospital visits because of minor infections from the amputation.

He planned his funeral when he went to the hospice.

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1 posted on 01/18/2007 7:12:58 AM PST by BulletBobCo
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To: BulletBobCo

IATVPOST (in after the vanity post on similar topic) :O)


2 posted on 01/18/2007 7:15:46 AM PST by jdm
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To: BulletBobCo

Art was featured not long ago on a tv special and he was utterly charming. He said the docs had him on the verge of death many times since his stroke but he kept coming back to continue to amuse his family and friends. RIP dear soul.


3 posted on 01/18/2007 7:16:47 AM PST by sarasota
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To: BulletBobCo

May he rest in peace. Prayers for him and his family.


4 posted on 01/18/2007 7:18:00 AM PST by AuH2ORepublican (http://auh2orepublican.blogspot.com/)
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To: BulletBobCo

Unique talent - good guy.


5 posted on 01/18/2007 7:18:42 AM PST by Socratic (A family is more than a matter of genetics.)
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To: sarasota
He said the docs had him on the verge of death many times since his stroke but he kept coming back to continue to amuse his family and friends.

And he lasted a year in the hospice after quiting dialysis.

6 posted on 01/18/2007 7:24:15 AM PST by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: BulletBobCo

RIP! A man who made me smile many times.


7 posted on 01/18/2007 7:26:06 AM PST by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: BulletBobCo

Great comedian, warm person. RIP in the arms of our Heavenly Father.


8 posted on 01/18/2007 7:26:40 AM PST by Lazamataz (You are not your mind. You are not your emotions. You are not your pain. All you are is love.)
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To: BulletBobCo

Rest In Peace.


9 posted on 01/18/2007 7:26:45 AM PST by Gabz (If we weren't crazy, we'd just all go insane.)
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To: BulletBobCo

I could have sword he was already dead.


10 posted on 01/18/2007 7:27:31 AM PST by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: BulletBobCo

RIP Art Buchwald


11 posted on 01/18/2007 7:28:15 AM PST by blitzgig
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To: BulletBobCo

One of the most humorous men who ever lived.

He died on his own terms, with friends constantly visiting, and him holding court.


12 posted on 01/18/2007 7:32:53 AM PST by exit82 (Condi Rice has already sacrificed more in the War on Terror than Barbara Boxer ever will.)
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To: BulletBobCo

Was a WWII Marine in the Pacific from 1942 to 1945. Discharged as sergeant.


13 posted on 01/18/2007 7:38:00 AM PST by MindBender26 (Having my own CAR-15 in Vietnam meant never having to say I was sorry......)
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To: sarasota

I saw that. The audience didn't seem to know how to handle it. He showed great courage on his journey into the night.


14 posted on 01/18/2007 7:41:41 AM PST by leadpenny
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To: BulletBobCo

Our Heavenly Father must have needed a good laugh and a smile. Rest in peace.


15 posted on 01/18/2007 8:25:06 AM PST by geezerwheezer (get up boys, we're burnin' daylight!!!)
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To: BulletBobCo

Rest in Peace, Art. Funny man!


16 posted on 01/18/2007 10:18:37 AM PST by Rte66
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To: BulletBobCo

RIP, Art.
I enjoyed reading your column for many years.


17 posted on 01/18/2007 2:14:38 PM PST by calcowgirl ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." P. J. O'Rourke)
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To: BulletBobCo

I liked his online audio obit: "Hi, I'm Art Buchwald and I just died."


18 posted on 01/18/2007 3:14:02 PM PST by Rakkasan1 ((Illegal immigrants are just undocumented friends you haven't met yet!))
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To: BulletBobCo
He was an okay guy who'd overcome a lot of obstacles and had an interesting, useful, and successful life.

Not that funny, though. He may have been when he started out, but after twenty years or so, his column was like one of those comic strips that have outlasted their potential (can I say that?).

Maybe you had to be there in his prime ...

19 posted on 01/18/2007 3:23:06 PM PST by x
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To: BulletBobCo

He made a deliberate quality-of-life decision not to stay on dialysis and keep on amputating extremities, and given that his "last month" lasted an entire year, I'm guessing he was right. RIP for a fellow I didn't always agree with but did always read.


20 posted on 01/18/2007 3:26:08 PM PST by Billthedrill
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