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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I have never seen that...that is hilarious!
Unbelievable. That was brilliantly funny, just finished reading the whole thing...
He could get half of the entire world from every country screaming hateful invective at him with that article.
And he could get half of the entire world from every country laughing along with him.
Just amazing. He managed to cram the sum of nearly every single existing racial, religious, sexual, national stereotype and insult into one article!!!!!
Thank you for that post, and may he Rest In Peace. A genius if there ever was one.
Rest in peace, Mr. O’Rourke.
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