William Safire, political columnist, wordsmith; Pulitzer Prize-winning N.Y. Times essayist wrote Nixon speeches; Obituary.(News)(Obituary)

The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA) | September 28, 2009 | Copyright

Byline: Joe Holley; The Washington Post

WASHINGTON -- William Safire, 79, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The New York Times, whose penchant for the barbed and memorable phrase first manifested itself in speeches he wrote for the Nixon White House, died of pancreatic cancer Sunday in Rockville, Md.

For more than three decades, Mr. Safire wrote twice weekly as the resident conservative columnist on The Times op-ed page. He also wrote the popular "On Language" column in The New York Times Sunday Magazine, exploring grammar, usage and the origin of ...

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