[DCBryan1]

Sad news.

[sodpoodle]

He has a wife and a 32 year old son, Daniel.

Prayers for Charles and his family.

[headless_thompson_gunner]

When will we rid the earth of cancer? Hundreds of billions spent over decades and... nothing!!

Any life taken to this dreadful disease is a tragedy.

That Charles accepts what life has given him and excels in so many ways is inspirational. As smart as he is, I believe his biggest attribute is his sense of humor.

[Bratch]

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Krauthammer, who graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1975 despite a first-year diving accident that left him a quadriplegic, explained that he had a malignant tumor removed from his abdomen last August. Although a series of setbacks left him in  the hospital in the ensuing months, he believed until recently that he was on the road to recovery.

“However, recent tests have revealed that the cancer has returned,” Krauthammer wrote. “There was no sign of it as recently as a month ago, which means it is aggressive and spreading rapidly. My doctors tell me their best estimate is that I have only a few weeks left to live. This is the final verdict. My fight is over.”

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[Avalon Memories]

The thing about life is that no matter how it ends, there is always a cruel aspect to the end. Yet, in the same way he lived his life, Charles Krauthammer has invested this sad news with a dignity that rises above the cruelty of the disease that will take his life. We should all strive to invest our lives with dignity because it helps us beat the worst life has to offer. We live in unnecessarily mean, crude, vulgar times, but dignity helps us rise above.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

Yes, very sad. He’s struggled a lot throughout his life with physical challenges, and I was always impressed with how much he accomplished in spite of those.

Prayers to him and his family.

[Mathews]

He didn’t live the life he intended... he lived the He intended for him.

[SE Mom]

Dr. K, what sad news.

I appreciate his candor and willingness to write such a tough letter. He’s a man I respectfully disagreed with frequently but often chuckled with. I wish him ease and peace and his family, strength.

[chimera]

Didn’t always agree with him, but he is facing his end with courage and dignity, with no apologies and (evidently) a peaceful spirit. I hope I can do the same when my time comes.

[Chauncey Gardiner]

A study of contrasts - here’s a man who faces death with honor and dignity ... contrast to the that of the McCain and recent suicides.

[originalbuckeye]

I had been pretty angry with his never-Trump attitude when he left Fox News. That being said, I am not happy to read this. I had enjoyed and appreciated so many of his commentaries over the years. He could cut down pseudo-intellectuals in nothing flat. Prayers for him and his loved ones.

[DoughtyOne]

Over the last couple of years, I have been very disappointed by Charles and a number of other people, I had trusted for a decade or more.

When a person is down, I don’t want to belabor the point.

Sorry to hear of him winding up in this situation. As others have said, there but for the grace of God go I. And of course, we’ll all wind down at some point.

[Alberta's Child]

I've sometimes been harsh here on FR about Charles because I disagree with him on many issues, but I've always respected his intelligence and clear thinking on the air.

May God bless you and your family, Mr. Krauthammer -- and give you all strength in this challenging time.

[Popman]

Wow... that really sucks...

[far sider]

Was hoping he would still make it back on the air. I just wish he could be as wrong about his prognosis as he was about Trump in the Candidate’s Casino.

[DeFault User]

“I leave this life with no regrets,” Krauthammer wrote. “It was a wonderful life – full and complete with the great loves and great endeavors that make it worth living. I am sad to leave, but I leave with the knowledge that I lived the life that I intended.”

Only a man with wisdom, understanding and insight can make a statement like this.

I always liked the quote, "You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough." Almost the supreme irony is that it was probably intended as a double entendre by Mae West.

[AC86UT89]

I never watch Fox News anymore so I did not know he was ailing. I hope he does not suffer too much.

[Kahuna]

Dare I suggest an elixir for Charles this weekend and that is to attend the 3 game series between his favorite Washington Nationals and the San Francisco Giants. A 3 game sweep by the Nats would indeed please Kraut in a big way.

[freedom1st]

Very sad news. Although I didn’t agree with ever thing he said, I always looked forward to what he thought about the current news of the day.

[Fhios]

68 years is a good run.

Whenever I disagreed with him the thing that bothered me the most was his condescending opinion but I rarely changed the channel on him.

God bless him and may he ascend with grace.

[Harpotoo]

I guess his time has come and gone along with a bunch of others.
By Brooks’s own estimation, he and his fellow anti-Trump conservatives represent a politically insignificant splinter of the Republican Party. And yet their number includes not only Brooks, but Bret Stephens and Ross Douthat on the Times’ op-ed page; Michael Gerson, Jennifer Rubin, Max Boot, Charles Krauthammer, Kathleen Parker, and George Will on The Washington Post’s op-ed page;