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| Andrew Breitbart | |
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Breitbart at CPAC in 2012
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Andrew James Breitbart February 1, 1969 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Died | March 1, 2012 (aged 43) Westwood, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Heart failure due to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy |
| Resting place | Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Tulane University |
| Occupation | Writer, columnist, journalist, publisher |
| Home town | Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Susannah Bean (m. 1997; his death 2012) |
| Children | 4 |
| Website | www |
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 right-wing 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 adopted son of Gerald and Arlene Breitbart, a restaurant owner and banker respectively, and grew up in the affluent neighborhood of Brentwood, Los Angeles. He was adopted at three weeks old and raised Jewish. His biological parents had been Irish American. He said that his birth certificate indicated his biological father was a folk singer. His adoptive mother had converted to Judaism when marrying his adoptive father. Breitbart studied at Hebrew school and had a bar mitzvah.
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