Former conservative blogger Andrew BreitbartAndrew Breitbart, a widely read conservative internet blogger, whose flare for battle with politicians and the mainstream media earned him a reputation as one of the nation's most influential commentators, died Thursday March 1, 2012. The websites Breitbart founded ran a statement Thursday morning stating that Breitbart died "unexpectedly from natural causes" in Los Angeles shortly after midnight. Breitbart was 43 years old. His attorney and editor-in-chief of those sites confirmed his death to Fox News.
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 leaving to start his outlets including Big Government, Big Hollywood, and Breitbart.tv. The Los Angeles coroner's office stated that a "cardiac event" likely led to Breitbart's death. Breitbart's father-in-law, Orson Bean, said Breitbart was walking near his house in the Brentwood neighborhood shortly before his collapse. Someone saw him and called the paramedics, who tried to revive him. He was rushed to the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. He had suffered heart problems a year earlier, but Bean couldn't pinpoint the problem. Those who knew and worked with Breitbart said he was witty, fearless, and sharply intelligent, and devoted to his work. "He was the modern conservative iteration of a 1960's radical," according to Jonah Goldberg. Goldberg said that on Fox News shortly after Breitbart's death was reported. Breitbart considered it his charge to expose corruption, hypocrisy, and media bias. He leveraged his network of websites to accomplish that goal.
Breitbart was also on the forefront of several controversies, notably the salacious tweets by former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) he had sent to young women before his resignation last year. To read more about Breitbart, click on the above link from FoxNews.com.
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