Charles Krauthammer, former Fox News commentator and conservative columnist, has died. He was 68.
Krauthammer died on Thursday from cancer of the small intestine, the Washington Post confirmed. His passing comes less than two weeks after he announced in a Washington Post farewell column, titled “A note to readers” on June 8 that his cancer had returned and that his “fight is over.”
“I have been uncharacteristically silent these past ten months. I had thought that silence would soon be coming to an end, but I’m afraid I must tell you now that fate has decided on a different course for me,” said Krauthammer, who regularly appeared on Fox News Channel’s Special Report.
He revealed he underwent a procedure in August “to remove a cancerous tumor in my abdomen,” which he believed to be successful. Unfortunately, “it caused a cascade of secondary complications,” and had been in the hospital battling them.
“There was no sign of it as recently as a month ago, which means it is aggressive and spreading rapidly,” Krauthammer explained. “My doctors tell me their best estimate is that I have only a few weeks left to live. This is the final verdict. My fight is over.”
Krauthammer graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1975 before joining the administration of President Jimmy Carter. Two years later, in 1987, he won a Pulitzer Prize for his commentary in the Post. Krauthammer also contributed to TIME.
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