Longtime SPJ member and member of the Washington, D.C., Journalism Hall of Fame died today at the age ot 78.
Novak was a sy
ndicated columnist and a regular on CNN.
He was the sole panelist at the national SPJ convention held in D.C. in 2007.
Below are some of the reports of his death.
From CNN
Conservative columnist and former CNN "Crossfire" co-host Robert Novak has died after a yearlong battle with cancer, his family said Tuesday. He was 78.
Robert Novak was a syndicated columnist who was a regular on CNN for 25 years.
Novak died at home, over a year after doctors diagnosed him with a malignant brain tumor in August 2008.
He was dubbed "The Prince of Darkness" by friends for his pessimistic persona, and he used the nickname as the title of his 2007 memoir.
From the Washington Post:
Robert D. Novak, 78, an influential columnist and panelist on TV news-discussion shows who called himself a "stirrer up of strife" on behalf of conservative causes, died today at his home in Washington of a brain tumor first diagnosed in July 2008.
Rest of Washington Post story.
From the Washington Times:
Robert D. "Bob" Novak, for many decades one of conservatives’ most trusted and beloved political columnists, died at home early Tuesday after a long illness.
Mr. Novak, 78, had been sidelined for more than a year while battling a malignant brain tumor first diagnosed July 27 of last year.
Geraldine Novak told her husband’s home newspaper, the Chicago Sun-Times, that he died at 4:30 a.m. Tuesday.
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From The New York Times:
Robert D. Novak, the pugnacious political columnist and cable television fixture whose scoops reached across five decades and whose nickname, “the prince of darkness,” was invoked with renewed fervor in 2003 when, acting on a tip, he revealed the name of a C.I.A. officer, setting the stage for a criminal investigation, died Tuesday morning at his home in northwest Washington. He was 78.