REST IN PEACE
Posted on 03/21/2007 4:59:43 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Catherine Seipp, 49; critic took on Times By Valerie J. Nelson, Times Staff Writer 2:57 PM PDT, March 21, 2007
Catherine Seipp, a writer and media critic who became known in the 1990s for her pointed coverage of the Los Angeles Times in Buzz magazine, has died. She was 49.
Seipp, a nonsmoker who was diagnosed with lung cancer five years ago, died Wednesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, her family announced. She was a longtime resident of Silver Lake.
More recently, the conservative Seipp wrote on controversial topics of the day in a weekly column called "From the Left Coast" for National Review Online and a monthly column for the conservative Independent Women's Forum.
She tackled such topics as gay marriage, Hollywood liberalism and — a recent favorite — healthcare costs.
"Cathy always had something fresh, smart and bold to say — always honest and very often disarming," Kathryn Jean Lopez, editor of National Review Online, told The Times in an e-mail. "Whether it be about Paris Hilton or the WB or parenting or war, she was always worth reading."
Sandra Tsing Loh, the humorist and essayist who was a close friend, told The Times, "Never afraid of a firestorm, Catherine Seipp afflicted the comfortable and even, occasionally, the uncomfortable, but she always did so with precision, wit and moments of surprising compassion."
Allan Mayer, who launched Buzz in 1990, said Seipp's work was one of the things people remember about the magazine, which folded in 1998.
"She had a distinctive voice and a truly interesting sensibility," he said. "Almost regardless of the subject she was writing — journalism, politics, social affairs, trends — you could count on her to have a well-thought-out but unpredictable take."
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I really liked her work too. I didn't know she was this sick. She will be missed. RIP.
Irreplaceable. RIP, Cathy.
Sad, she was a one of a kind.
REST IN PEACE
May Light Perpetual Shine Upon Her, now and forever. May blessings lighten the hearts of those who knew and loved her.
That's way too young to die.
This is so sad. I guess the cliche is true, only the good die young.
She dies at 49 while a p*g like Barbara Walters lives forever.
Sorry for the crass comment. But I'm very upset. Barbara Olsen dies on 911, Laura Ingraham gets cancer, now this.
Is G-d against conservative women?
Very sad.
I lost my beloved wife when she was only 49.
Prayers for Catherine and her family.
Amen.
Lung cancer as a non-smoker. Wonder if it was due to Radon?
Was she one of ours?
May she rest in peace.
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