Andrew Breitbart, the conservative publisher and political commentator who founded Big Government, Big Hollywood and Breitbart.tv, has died at age 43:
Widely read conservative Internet publisher Andrew Breitbart has died, his attorney confirms.
The websites he founded ran a statement Thursday morning announcing that Breitbart, 43, died “unexpectedly from natural causes” in Los Angeles shortly after midnight.
“We have lost a husband, a father, a son, a brother, a dear friend, a patriot and a happy warrior,” the statement said. “Andrew lived boldly, so that we more timid souls would dare to live freely and fully, and fight for the fragile liberty he showed us how to love.”
Breitbart was a prolific commentator who founded several websites devoted to covering politics, entertainment and everything in between. Earlier in his career, he worked for the Drudge Report before breaking off to start his own outlets — including Big Government, Big Hollywood and Breitbart.tv.
He apparently died of heart failure.
Update
If you want to read an example of how to write a death announcement for someone you consider a political opponent that has style and class you could do much worse than Josh Marshall’s.
Update 2
Excellent obit at Christian Science Monitor.
