Creator P.J. O’Rourke, seen right here at an occasion in 2007, has died on the age of 74.
NEW YORK — P.J. O’Rourke, the prolific creator and satirist who re-fashioned the irreverence and “Gonzo” journalism of the Sixties counterculture into a particular model of conservative and libertarian commentary, has died at age 74.
O’Rourke died Tuesday morning, based on Grove Atlantic Inc. Books writer and president Morgan Entrekin. He didn't cite a selected trigger, however mentioned O’Rourke had been ailing in latest months.
O’Rourke was a Toledo, Ohio, native who developed from long-haired scholar activist to wavy-haired scourge of his outdated liberal beliefs, with a few of his extra broadly learn take downs showing in a founding counterculture publication, Rolling Stone. His profession in any other case prolonged from the early years of Nationwide Lampoon to a short stint on “60 Minutes” during which he represented the conservative tackle “Level/Counterpoint” to frequent appearances on NPR’s recreation present “Wait Wait… Don’t Inform Me!”
His writing model urged a cross between the hedonism of Hunter S. Thompson and the patrician mockery of Tom Wolfe: Self-importance was a dependable goal. However his biggest disdain was usually for the federal government — not only a particular administration, however authorities itself and what he referred to as “the silken threads of entitlement spending.”
In a 2018 column for a venerable conservative publication, The Weekly Customary, he regarded on with scorn at Washington, D.C.’s gentrification.
“Individuals are flocking to the seat of presidency energy. One would say ‘canines returning to their vomit’ besides that’s too exhausting on canines. Too exhausting on folks, additionally. They arrive to Washington as a result of they haven't any alternative — diligent working breeds compelled to eat their regurgitated tax dollars,” he wrote.
O’Rourke’s books included one of the best sellers “Parliament of Whores” and “Give Warfare a Likelihood,” “None of My Enterprise” and “A Cry from the Center.”
Entrekin instructed The Related Press that he had been engaged on a one-volume take a look at the USA, as seen from his hometown: “A Historical past of Toledo, Ohio: From the Starting of Time Til the Finish of the Universe.”