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Friday, December 16, 2011

Cancer Fells Christopher Hitchens

By Brianne Moore

Author, literary critic and journalist Christopher Hitchens died on December 15 from pneumonia, a complication relating to esophageal cancer. He was 62 years old.

After receiving his diagnosis in 2010, Hitchens began chronicling his struggle with cancer for Vanity Fair, which he joined as a contributing editor in 1992. British-born, Oxford-educated Hitchens had a reputation for strong opinions and scathing critiques, as well as for his heavy drinking and smoking. Even after his diagnosis he never regretted his lifestyle, though in a 2010 interview he told Charlie Rose he wouldn’t recommend it to others.

Hitchens leaves a wife and three children, as well as a collection of works that includes 12 books and five collections of essays covering a wide variety of topics.

Posted by: Brianne Moore at 12:22 pm

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