Posted on 01/08/2012 12:07:45 PM PST by Dysart
Tony Blankely, a noted conservative author and commentator and former editorial page editor of The Washington Times, died Sunday morning, according to family sources. He was 63 and had been battling stomach cancer.
Mr. Blankley was an executive vice president of the Edelman public-relations firm in Washington, a visiting senior fellow in national-security communications at the Heritage Foundation, a syndicated newspaper columnist and an on-air political commentator for CNN, NBC and NPR.
He was also a regular weekly guest on “The McLaughlin Group.”
Mr. Blankley was editorial page editor of The Times from 2002 to 2007, and from 1990 to 1997 he served as press secretary and general adviser to former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
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Damn, too young. I always liked Tony.
RIP Mr. Blankley
R.I.P. He was a good man.
Very sad.
Oh my God! I’m so sorry to hear that! My prayers are with him. How sad that a good man is gone.
Very sad.
So sorry to hear this...
RIP Mr. Blankley. You were a great force in the conservative movement and you will be sorely missed.
God be with his family. He was one of the good guys and is now enjoying heaven
Rest in peace Mr. Blankley
I used to like him on McLaughlin Group. he used to give Eleanor Clift hell. Sorry to see him pass. I think Tony Snow also was taken by stomach cancer. Sad.
RIP Mr. Blankley. You were a great force in the conservative movement and you will be sorely missed.
....AMEN, you will be missed Tony, much like Tony Snow is missed...
RIP good and faithful fellow,
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RIP, Mr. Blankley. You will be missed.
So sad. RIP Mr. Blankley.
I am saddened. He was a gentleman and a scholar. I loved his work. He always made a cogent, well-reasoned argument without resorting to sarcasm or personal attacks. Time will not diminish the glory of his deeds.
Also played Rod Steiger's son in Humphrey Bogart's last picture.
Really. He was a child actor.
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