Tony Blankley (1948-2012)

NewsBusters ^ | January 8, 2012 | NB Staff

[Brandonmark]

It is with great sadness that we must report the loss of our dear friend Tony Blankley. Tony passed away Saturday after a long battle with stomach cancer.

Tony was a longtime friend of our parent organization the Media Research Center, serving as one of MRC's DisHonors Awards judges in the past few years. Tony's syndicated column was also published on NewsBusters.

Tony was a veteran warrior for the conservative movement having served as a speechwriter for the Reagan administration, as press secretary to Speaker Newt Gingrich, as editorial page editor for the Washington Times from 2002-2007, and as a visiting senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation.

He will be greatly missed by us and by countless others in the conservative movement. Our thoughts and prayers are with Tony's family and friends.

Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb-staff/2012/01/08/tony-blankley-1948-2012#ixzz1iuKzC0TR

[neverdem]

Less well remembered was Blankley's work as a child actor in such television shows as Lassie, Highway Patrol, and Sky King. He also appeared in The Harder They Fall with Rod Steiger and Humphrey Bogart and Make Room for Daddy with Danny Thomas.

RIP Mr. Blankley.