[Infowarrior] - RIP, Art Buchwald

[Richard Forno]

Columnist Art Buchwald Dies at Age 81

Jan 18 10:03 AM US/Eastern
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By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
Associated Press Writer
            

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Columnist Art Buchwald, who chronicled the life and times
of Washington with a wry wit for over four decades and endeared himself to
many with his never-give-up battle with failing kidneys, is dead at 81.

Buchwald's son, Joel, who was with his father, disclosed the satirist's
death, saying he had passed away quietly at his home late Wednesday with his
family.

Buchwald had refused dialysis treatments for his failing kidneys last year
and was expected to die within weeks of moving to a hospice on Feb. 7. But
he lived to return home and even write a book about his experiences.

"The last year he had the opportunity for a victory lap and I think he was
really grateful for it," Joel Buchwald said. "He had an opportunity to write
his book about his experience and he went out the way he wanted to go, on
his own terms."

Neither Buchwald nor his doctors could explain how he survived in such grave
condition, and he didn't seem to mind.

The unexpected lease on life gave Buchwald time for an extended and
extraordinarily public goodbye, as he held court daily in a hospice salon
with a procession of family, friends and acquaintances.

"I'm going out the way very few people do," he told The Associated Press in
April.

Buchwald said in numerous interviews after his decision became public that
he was not afraid to die, that he was not depressed about his fate and that
he was, in fact, having the time of his life.

___

Associated Press writer Connie Cass contributed to this story.

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