Posted on 02/15/2022 3:15:07 PM PST by nickcarraway
P.J. O'Rourke, the prolific author and satirist who re-fashioned the irreverence and “Gonzo” journalism of the 1960s counterculture into a distinctive brand of conservative and libertarian commentary, has died at age 74.
O'Rourke died Tuesday morning, according to Grove Atlantic Inc. Books publisher and president Morgan Entrekin. He did not cite a specific cause, but said O'Rourke had been ill in recent months.
O'Rourke was a Toledo, Ohio, native who evolved from long-haired student activist to wavy-haired scourge of his old liberal ideals, with some of his more widely read take downs appearing in a founding counterculture publication, Rolling Stone. His career otherwise extended from the early years of National Lampoon to a brief stint on “60 Minutes” in which he represented the conservative take on “Point/Counterpoint” to frequent appearances on NPR's game show “Wait Wait... Don’t Tell Me!”
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RIP, PJ.
When we lose a few more of these old actual journalists there will be nothing left but press illiteracy from coast to coast.
RIP, I recall his comment, I paraphrase: “socialism is communism one drink at a time”
My fav. “ If you think health care is expensive now, wait til it’s free! “
I am amazed that P.J. and Tom Wolfe used to be mainstays in Rolling Stone magazine. Never happen today.
That’s for sure.
“Everybody wants to save the Earth but nobody wants to help Mom do the dishes.”
PJ O’Rourke
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I like that, lol!
EAT THE RICH!! He was hysterical! RIP.
Sad news. I’ll have to uncork the good bourbon and have a snort to help speed him on his journey.
On public housing - “You can’t stack people who drink.”
His greatest piece: https://imgur.com/gallery/H1X8R
Ugh, this one hurts as much as losing Tom Wolfe. Two of my favorite authors.
A sad day, for sure. My favorite: “...in a democracy, the whores are us.”
The man was one in a million...
Don’t forget “Republican Part Reptile.” I laughed out loud repeatedly while reading it back in 1988. My wife in the next room kept coming over to see if I was alright.
Jimmy Carter had a grin like a raccoon eating fish guts out of a wire brush. I LOL every time I think of that quote.
Marking.
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