Andrew Breitbart
| Andrew Breitbart | |
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Breitbart at CPAC in 2012
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| Born |
February 1, 1969 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Died | March 1, 2012 (aged 43) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Tulane University |
| Occupation | Writer, columnist, journalist, publisher |
| Spouse(s) | Susannah Bean (m. 1997–2012) |
| Children | 4 |
Andrew James Breitbart (/ˈbraɪtbɑːrt/; February 1, 1969 – March 1, 2012) was an American entrepreneur, conservative publisher, commentator for The Washington Times, media critic, journalist, author, and television and radio personality on various news programs, who served as an editor for the Drudge Report website. He was a researcher for and close friend of Arianna Huffington, and he helped create an early version of The Huffington Post.
After helping in the early stages of the Huffington Post and Drudge Report, Breitbart created his own website Breitbart.com, a news and opinion website, along with multiple other "BIG" sites - BIGHollywood, BIGGovernment, BIGJournalism. He played central roles in the Anthony Weiner sexting scandal, the firing of Shirley Sherrod, and the ACORN 2009 undercover videos controversy. Commenters such as Nick Gillespie and Conor Friedersdorf have credited Breitbart with changing how people wrote about politics.
Breitbart was born in Los Angeles, California, on February 1, 1969. He was the adopted son of Gerald and Arlene Breitbart, a restaurant owner and banker respectively, and grew up in the affluent suburb of Brentwood, Los Angeles. He was raised Jewish; his adoptive mother had converted to Judaism when marrying his adoptive father. He attended Hebrew school and had a bar mitzvah. He said that his birth certificate indicated his biological father was a folk singer.
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