By Hank Berrien
Satirist P. J. O’Rourke, a long-time figure in the conservative movement and the author of over 20 books, has died. He was 74.
According to a statement from O’Rourke’s publisher obtained by NBC News, “Our dear friend and cherished Grove Atlantic author P. J. O’Rourke passed away this morning from complications of lung cancer.”
O’Rourke had a long career during which he authored 20 books, including Parliament of Whores and Give War a Chance, which both reached #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. He was a contributing editor at the Weekly Standard, an H. L. Mencken Research Fellow at the Cato Institute, a regular panelist on NPR’s Wait Wait and served as the editor of The National Lampoon.
