William Safire, a speechwriter for President Richard M. Nixon and a Pulitzer Prize-winning political columnist for The New York Times who also wrote novels, books on politics and a Malaprop’s treasury of articles on language, died at a hospice in Rockville, Md., on Sunday. He was 79.
The cause was pancreatic cancer, said Martin Tolchin, a friend of the family. LINK
William Safire during a taping of "Meet the Press" in 2006. More Photos »
Monday, September 28, 2009
William Safire, Political Columnist and Oracle of Language, Dies at 79
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