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Tuesday, August 05, 2008

Washington Post: Venerable columnist Robert Novak retiring

Washington Post: Venerable columnist Robert Novak retiring

August 5, 2008

Longstanding columnist Robert Novak, cites ‘dire’ prognosis “in his battle against a brain tumor” – announces that he is retiring immediately.

It’s sad news for the many of us who have been reading his columns for most of our adult lives. Since 1963, he has helped fill in the blanks and helped shape opinions about national and international events.

The Washington Post is carrying the story by William Branigin and Howard Kurtz in the Tuesday, August 5, 2008 edition of the paper:

Citing 'Dire' Prognosis, Novak Retires Immediately

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Robert Novak's Latest Column

By William Branigin Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, August 5, 2008; C03

Columnist Robert D. Novak is retiring immediately because of a dim prognosis in his battle against a brain tumor.

Novak, 77, a conservative Chicago Sun-Times political commentator whose columns are syndicated nationwide, was diagnosed with a brain tumor last week and was admitted to Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston for treatment. He announced at the time that he was "suspending my journalistic work for an indefinite but, God willing, not too lengthy period."

Yesterday, however, the Sun-Times quoted Novak as announcing his immediate retirement in view of what he called his "dire" prognosis. His last column appeared July 28 in The Washington Post.

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Novak launched a political column in 1963 with Rowland Evans and continued it after his longtime partner retired in 1993…

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Read the entire article here:
Citing 'Dire' Prognosis, Novak Retires Immediately

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/04/AR2008080401063.html?nav=rss_email/components

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