William F. Buckley, Jr. Dead at age 82

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Sam Falk/The New York Times (1965)

NEW YORK (AP) -- Author and conservative commentator William F. Buckley Jr. has died at age 82. His assistant Linda Bridges says Buckley died Wednesday morning at his home in Stamford, Connecticut.  Buckley became famous for his intellectual political writings in his magazine, the National Review. He suffered from diabetes and emphysema, although the exact cause of death was not immediately known. He was found at his desk in the study of his home, his son said. “He might have been working on a column,” his son  said.
 

SOURCE: Various News agencies