Uber-effusive, fulmanating, Whig-like, and now, one for the Digital Ages. Andrew Breitbart, who provided start up support to the Drudge Report and Huffington Post, before creating his own media empire, died in Los Angeles yesterday, cause still under investigation although continuing serious health problems believed to be the cause. Having announced that he had something big for March 1, This of course has prompted further conspiracy theories, as well as even more far out reports that Breitbart was exploring development of a CNN talk show with former Congressman Anthony Weiner -- who Andrew had effectively played a large role in his removal from office.
The Atlantic offered one view here
The New Yorker here as well as the New Yorker 2010 profile by Rebecca Mead here
His larger than life persona -- becoming as Big in conservative circles, or at least on the Internet, as the instittutions and individuals he pilloried, suggest that the final chapter may yet to be revealed.
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