Christopher Hitchens
4/13/1949 - 12/15/2011
Aries
Last Words
"Not Recorded"
Death & Legacy
Christopher Hitchens, a slashing polemicist in the tradition of Thomas Paine and George Orwell who trained his sights on targets as various as Henry Kissinger, the British monarchy and Mother Teresa, wrote a best-seller attacking religious belief, and dismayed his former comrades on the left by enthusiastically supporting the American-led war in Iraq, died on Thursday in Houston. He was
Details
- Cause of Death
- Esophageal cancer
- Age at Death
- 62 years
- Funeral Location
- Great Hall of Cooper Union, New York City, U.S.
- Final Resting Place
- Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C., U.S.