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Art Buchwald
Arthur Buchwald was an American humorist best known for his column in The Washington Post. At the height of his popularity, it was published nationwide as a syndicated column in more than 500 newspapers. His column focused on political satire and commentary.
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culture · American humorist · columnist · essayist · writer · screenwriter · journalist · playwright · humorist · also Art Buchwald, Arthur Buchwald, Buchwald
Born 20 October 1925 · Died 17 January 2007 · Q319342
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2026· 2 entries
The New York Times: Art Buchwald
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2018· 1 entry
The Washington Post: Art Buchwald’s archives are bound for the Library of Congress. He would have been thrilled.
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2017· 1 entry
Snopes.com rated the claim “A 1973 column by humorist Art Buchwald, which provided canned responses for people supporting Nixon as the Watergate scandal grew, is authentic.” True.
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2007· 11 entries
Jewish Journal: Art Buchwald, humor columnist, 81
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The Hollywood Reporter: Humorist Art Buchwald dies at 81
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The Hollywood Reporter: Art Buchwald dies; satirist won Par suit
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The Washington Post: Art Buchwald's Moveable Feast
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NPR: Ben Bradlee on Losing Art Buchwald
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NPR: Art Buchwald's Life of Letters and Humor
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Time: Remembering Art Buchwald
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Died 2007-01-17.
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“I always wanted to get into politics, but I was never light enough to make the team.”
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“Whether it's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.”
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“You can't make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you're doing is recording it.”
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2006· 5 entries
WBUR: Humorist Art Buchwald
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Buchwald was again featured on Rehm's show
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Television news reporter Kyra Phillips interviewed Buchwald for CNN
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Revealed his decision to discontinue hemodialysis, which had previously been initiated to treat kidney failure, another result of his having diabetes mellitus
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The Associated Press reported that Buchwald had had a leg amputated below the knee and was staying at Washington Home and Hospice
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2005· 1 entry
At The New York Society for Ethical Culture, 63 min
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2000· 1 entry
At age 74, Buchwald suffered a stroke
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1994· 1 entry
Received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement
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1993· 2 entries
Awarded honorary doctorate of the University of South Carolina (1993).
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And received an honorary doctorate from the university
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1991· 3 entries
Was elected to the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters
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Said he thought Buchwald's column was more popular "outside the Beltway"; others disagreed
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Received the World Humour Award, from the Workshop Library on World Humour
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1989· 2 entries
Awarded Horatio Alger Award (1989).
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The editors did not receive a single letter of protest
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1988· 1 entry
Buchwald and partner Alain Bernheim filed suit against Paramount Pictures in a controversy over the Eddie Murphy film Coming to America
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1987· 1 entry
Was hospitalized for what was then diagnosed as an extreme episode of bipolar disorder, which he had probably had for years
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1982· 3 entries
Awarded Pulitzer Prize for Commentary (1982).
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Buchwald was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Outstanding Commentary
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For Outstanding Commentary, and in 1991 was elected to the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, in addition to other awards
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1962· 1 entry
Continued to publish his columns and books for the rest of his life
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1959· 1 entry
Time magazine, in reviewing the history of the European edition of The Herald Tribune, reported that Buchwald's column had achieved an "institutional quality"
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1951· 1 entry
Buchwald started another column, "Mostly About People"
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1949· 1 entry
Buchwald left USC and bought a one-way ticket to Paris
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1925· 2 entries
Born 1925-10-20.
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To an Austrian-Hungarian Jewish immigrant family
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