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Anthony "Tony" Blankley (1948 – January 7, 2012) was an Executive Vice President with Edelman public relations in Washington, D.C.,[1] a Visiting Senior Fellow in National-Security Communications at the Heritage Foundation,[2] weekly contributor to the nationally syndicated public radio program Left, Right & Center,[3] author of The West's Last Chance: Will We Win the Clash of Civilizations? and American Grit: What It Will Take to Survive and Win in the 21st Century,[4] and a regular guest on various news programs.

He was a regular commentator for radio shows including The Diane Rehm Show[5] and The Steve Gill Show with a segment titled Fill In the Blanks.[6] Earlier in his career, he was an editorial page editor for The Washington Times,[7] a contributing editor and monthly columnist for George Magazine,[8] and a regular panelist on The McLaughlin Group.

Blankley's political opinions were generally considered to fall within traditional conservatism, although he was labeled as a neo-conservative by some critics. He denied this label, claiming that his views are more comparable to a classic conservative such as former U.S. President Ronald Reagan.[9] His political career spanned several decades, and his most prominent position was a seven-year stint as House Speaker Newt Gingrich's press secretary.[10]

Prior to his career on Capitol Hill, Blankley served President Reagan as a policy analyst and speechwriter,[11] and was a staff writer for Congresswoman Bobbi Fiedler.[12] Before coming to Washington, D.C., he spent 10 years as a prosecutor with the California Attorney General's office.[13]

He was briefly a child actor, appearing, most notably, as Rod Steiger's son in The Harder They Fall (1955).[14] He graduated from UCLA[15] and Loyola Law School (Los Angeles), earning a J.D.[16]

He was admitted to the State Bar of California Bar in 1972, but from 2002 was ineligible to practice law in the State of California owing to a failure to pay his bar member dues.[17] Blankley continued to write for the Washington Times; he also lectured at many universities and institutes. On November 19, 2009, he presented his lecture, A Year out from the 2010 Congressional Elections – National Politics, Policy and their Communication, at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College.[18]

Death

Blankley died of stomach cancer on January 7, 2012, at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., aged 63.[19][20]

References

  1. ^ "Edelman Public Affairs Strategists". Edelman.com. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  2. ^ Stimson, Charles. "Heritage Foundation Staff". Heritage.org. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  3. ^ "Left, Right and Center". Kcrw.com. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  4. ^ "Regnery catalog". Regnery.com. Retrieved November 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  5. ^ "Tony Blankley - Regular". Wbhm.org. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  6. ^ "Fill In the Blanks". Gillreport.com. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  7. ^ "Blankley steps down as editorial page editor". Huffington Post. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  8. ^ "Steamboat Institute profile of Tony Blankley". Steamboatinstitute.org. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  9. ^ "eNotes article on Tony Blankley". Enotes.com. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  10. ^ "Speaker's Speaker". Articles.latimes.com. 12 June 2007. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  11. ^ "Biography". Creators.com. 30 September 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  12. ^ "The Speaker's Speaker from Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. 12 June 2007. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  13. ^ "UCLA Alumni bio". Uclalumni.net. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  14. ^ Tony Blankley's IMDb profile
  15. ^ "UCLA Alumni page". Uclalumni.net. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  16. ^ "Creators Bio". Creators.com. 30 September 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  17. ^ "California State Bar Member Records". Members.calbar.ca.gov. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  18. ^ "Events List Saint Anselm College". Anselm.edu. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  19. ^ Washington Times notice of death of Tony Blankley
  20. ^ Notice of death of Tony Blankley, FoxNews, January 8, 2012
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