Charles Krauthammer has passed away, at the age of 68.
When it comes to political commentary, he sat as an intellectual giant among his peers. He spoke with clarity and conviction, not mincing words or speaking in vague banalities.
Today, when his voice is probably most needed, Charles Krauthammer, 68, has gone to his eternal rest.
Krauthammer was a regular on Fox News’ “Special Report with Bret Baier.” He was also a columnist with the Washington Post, and a Pulitzer Prize winner for his work there.
In his freshman year at Harvard University, a diving accident left him paralyzed from the waist down. He still managed to graduate, and became a physician. It was later in life that he turned to commentary and became the voice of reason and rationality that we all know him for today.
Krauthammer took a leave of absence from his role with Fox News in August 2017. All anyone knew at that time was that he was out for surgery. In May, he said he was “getting back on track,” but it wasn’t to be.
As he revealed in a letter earlier this month, after having a tumor removed from his stomach, a secondary cancer had spread, and the prognosis was not good.
“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,” he wrote on June 8.
“I leave this life with no regrets. It was a wonderful life full and complete with the great loves and great endeavors that make it worth living. I am sad to leave, but I leave with the knowledge that I lived the life that I intended,” he added.
Wisdom. Grace. We should all hope to be that lucid at the end of our journey.
The editorial board of the Washington Post honored Krauthammer with these words, shortly after his letter was made public:
We’ll miss him.