Word just arrived that Art Buchwald has died. He was 81.
Art was one of the great newspaper columnists of the past 50 years. He was funny and gracious and just a nice guy.
I met him once, years ago, at an Orioles' Opening Day at old Memorial Stadium. He was in search of a hot dog at the time.
Last year, the National Society of Newspaper Columnists, of which I am the current president, honored Art with its lifetime achievement award. In a videotaped acceptance speech, recorded from his room at the hospice where he spent many months last year, he said, "Dying is easy. Parallel parking is hard."
A great man and a great writer.
He will be missed.
Read the Washington Post obituary here
Watch the New York Times video obit here.
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