P. J. O'Rourke

Patrick Jake O'Rourke (November 14, 1947 – February 15, 2022) was an American political satirist and journalist. O'Rourke was the H. L. Mencken Research Fellow at the libertarian Cato Institute. He was a correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly, The American Spectator, and The Weekly Standard. He appeared on National Public Radio's game show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! He was a columnist at The Daily Beast from 2011 to 2016.

In September 2008, O'Rourke announced that he had been diagnosed with treatable anal cancer.Give me liberty and give me death, Los Angeles Times, September 28, 2008.

O'Rourke died from lung cancer at his home in Sharon, New Hampshire on February 15, 2022, at the age of 74.

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