Art Buchwald
January 17
Pulitzer Prize-winning Buchwald's syndicated column, which he used to skewer politicians with his trademark satiric touch, was published in hundreds of newspapers. Near the end of his life, he used his ill health to chronicle his impending death, publishing a book, "Too Soon to Say Goodbye," last year. He was 81.
Archive 1/19/07 Satirist dies at 81
January 17
Pulitzer Prize-winning Buchwald's syndicated column, which he used to skewer politicians with his trademark satiric touch, was published in hundreds of newspapers. Near the end of his life, he used his ill health to chronicle his impending death, publishing a book, "Too Soon to Say Goodbye," last year. He was 81.
(Tom Herde/Globe Staff)