Bob Novak Retires Effective Immediately

Robert Novak is gravely ill. Here’s a previous tribute to Bob Novak. You can see some of Bob’s other great work here. Bob’s great book, “The Prince of Darkness,” tells the story of modern American political journalism. Mr. Novak is a walking history book.

Robert Novak has announced his immediate retirement following the diagnosis of a brain tumor, a prognosis the Sun-Times’ political columnist describes as “dire.”

“The details are being worked out with the doctors this week, but the tentative plan is for radiation and chemotherapy,” Novak said.

The Evans-Novak column was first distributed by Publishers Newspaper Syndicate on May 15, 1963, with the New York Herald-Tribune, the flagship newspaper. When the Herald-Tribune folded in 1966, the Chicago Sun-Times became their home newspaper.

Here’s Bob talking at the “Q and A Cafe.”

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