R.I.P., Theodore Olbermann

Keith Olbermann lost his father today:

My father died, in the city of his birth, New York, at 3:50 EST this afternoon.

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My Dad was predeceased last year by my mother, Marie, his wife of nearly 60 years. He died peacefully after a long fight against the complications that ensued after successful colon surgery last September at the New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center. My sister Jenna and I were at his side, and I was reading him his favorite James Thurber short stories, as he left us.

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He was my inspiration, and will always remain so. His bravery these last six months cannot be measured. He is as much my hero now, as he was when I was five years old.

 

We send our prayers, sympathy, and goodwill to Keith and his family.