Arthur Buchwald (October 20, 1925 – January 17, 2007) was an American

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best known for his column in ''

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''. At the height of his popularity, it was published nationwide as a syndicated column in more than 500 newspapers. His column focused on

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and commentary. Buchwald had first started writing as a paid journalist in

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after

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, where he wrote a column on restaurants and nightclubs, "Paris After Dark", for the ''

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''. He was part of a large American expatriate community in those years. After his return to the United States in 1962, he continued to publish his columns and books for the rest of his life. He received the Pulitzer Prize in 1982 for Outstanding Commentary, and in 1991 was elected to the

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, in addition to other awards.

Early life

Buchwald was born in New York City in 1925, to an

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immigrant family. He was the son of Joseph Buchwald, a

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manufacturer, and Helen (Klineberger). His mother suffered from depression and was later committed to a

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, where she lived for 35 years. Buchwald was the youngest of four children, with three older sisters: Alice, Edith, and Doris. When the family business failed at the start of the Great Depression, Buchwald's father put the boy in the Hebrew Orphan Asylum in New York City, as he could not care for him. Buchwald was soon placed in foster homes, and lived in several, including a

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boarding house for sick children (he had

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because of poor nutrition). It was operated by

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. He stayed in the foster home until he was 5. Buchwald was eventually reunited with his father and sisters; the family settled in Hollis, a residential community in Queens. Buchwald did not graduate from Forest Hills High School, and ran away from home at age 17. He wanted to join the

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during

but was too young to join without parental or legal guardian consent. He

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a drunk with half a pint of whiskey to sign as his legal guardian. From October 1942 to October 1945, Buchwald served with the Marines as part of the

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. He spent two years in the Pacific Theater and was discharged from the service as a sergeant. He said of his time in the Marines, "In the Marines, they don't have much use for humorists, they beat my brains in."

Journalism

On his return, Buchwald enrolled at the

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in Los Angeles on the

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, despite not having graduated from high school. At USC he became managing editor of the campus magazine ''Wampus''; he also wrote a column for the college newspaper, the ''

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''. The university permitted him to continue his studies after learning he had not graduated from high school, but deemed him ineligible for a degree. After establishing his national reputation and winning the Pulitzer Prize, he was invited as a commencement speaker in 1993 and received an

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from the university.Severo, Richard; Brozan, Nadine (January 19, 2007)
"Art Buchwald, Whose Humor Poked the Powerful, Dies at 81"
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''. In 1949 Buchwald left USC and bought a one-way ticket to

. He got a job as a correspondent for ''

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'' in Paris. In January 1950, he took a sample column to the offices of the European edition of the ''New York Herald Tribune''. Titled "Paris After Dark", it was filled with scraps of offbeat information about Parisian

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. Buchwald was hired and joined the editorial staff as a restaurant and nightclub reviewer. His column caught on quickly, and in 1951 Buchwald started another column, "Mostly About People". They were fused into one under the title "Europe's Lighter Side". Buchwald's columns soon began to attract readers on both sides of the

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. In postwar Paris, Buchwald met many American expatriate writers, going about with

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, and

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. He also had brief encounters with the artist

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, writer

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, directors

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and

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, actress Audrey Hepburn, and attorney Roy Cohn. In November 1952, Buchwald wrote a column in which he attempted to explain the

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holiday to the French, using garbled French translations such as "Kilometres Deboutish" for Myles Standish; Buchwald considered it his favorite column. He published it every Thanksgiving during his lifetime. Buchwald enjoyed the notoriety he received when U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower's press secretary, James Hagerty, took seriously a

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press conference report claiming that reporters asked questions about the president's breakfast habits. After Hagerty called his own conference to denounce the article as "unadulterated rot", Buchwald famously retorted, "Hagerty is wrong. I write ''adulterated'' rot.""Art Buchwald"
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'', January 19, 2007. On August 24, 1959, ''

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'' magazine, in reviewing the history of the European edition of ''The Herald Tribune'', reported that Buchwald's column had achieved an "institutional quality". While in Paris, Buchwald became the only correspondent to substantively interview famous American singer

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, who had entered the US Army. They met at the Prince de Galles Hotel, where the soon-to-be Sergeant Presley was staying during a week-end off from his army stint in Germany. Presley's impromptu performances at the piano at

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nightclub, as well as his singing for the showgirls after most of the customers had left, became legendary after Buchwald included it in his memoir, ''I'll Always Have Paris'' (1995). Buchwald returned to the United States in 1962. He wrote as a columnist for ''

'', frequently commenting on the political scene. When once asked where he got his ideas, he said simply that he read the newspaper every day. He could not make up the absurd situations that were reported. His column was syndicated by

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. His column appeared in more than 550 newspapers at its height. He also wrote memoirs and other books, a total of more than 30 in his lifetime. He also contributed fumetti to

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' ''

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'', which tore apart statistics regarding 1970s campus life.

Marriage and family

During his time in Paris, Buchwald met Ann McGarry, and they married. She was an Irish-American apprentice

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from Pennsylvania. After returning to the United States, they later adopted three children. They lived in Washington, D.C., where he wrote for ''The Washington Post''. They spent most summers at their house in

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on Martha's Vineyard. After 40 years of marriage, the couple separated, and then decided to get a divorce. However before the divorce proceedings could start, Ann was diagnosed with lung cancer, and passed away in 1994.

Film

Buchwald had a cameo in Alfred Hitchcock's ''

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'' (1955). Near the beginning of the movie, an issue of the ''

'' is shown in close-up to highlight a column, bylined by Buchwald, about jewel thefts on the French Riviera, which sets up the plot. He contributed to the English dialogue of

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's '' Playtime''. Buchwald also had a cameo role in a 1972 episode, "Moving Target", of the TV series '' Mannix''. He is shown in

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's 1983 film ''The Store'' delivering a tribute to Stanley Marcus, the store's owner. In 1988 Buchwald and partner

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filed suit against Paramount Pictures in a controversy over the Eddie Murphy film ''

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''. In the '' Buchwald v. Paramount'' lawsuit, Buchwald claimed Paramount had stolen his script treatment. He won, was awarded damages, and accepted a settlement from Paramount. The case was the subject of a 1992 book, ''Fatal Subtraction: The Inside Story of Buchwald v. Paramount''.

Criticism

In Buchwald's later years, his detractors characterized the column as hackneyed, tiresome and not funny. Political analyst

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in 1991 said he thought Buchwald's column was more popular "outside the

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"; others disagreed. Roy Bode, editor of the '' Dallas Times Herald'', said that when his paper canceled Buchwald's column in 1989, the editors did not receive a single letter of protest. By contrast, when the paper cancelled the comic strip ''

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'', so many readers complained that the editors were compelled to bring it back. In September 2005,

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wrote in '' Slate'', "Yes, Buchwald still writes his column. No, it hasn't been funny for some time."

Illness and death

Buchwald underwent hospitalization twice for mental disorders: once in 1963 for severe depression. In 1987 he was hospitalized for what was then diagnosed as an extreme episode of

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, which he had probably had for years. He publicly recounted these experiences in 1999. In 2000, at age 74, Buchwald suffered a stroke. He was hospitalized for more than two months. On February 16, 2006, the

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reported that Buchwald had had a leg

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below the knee and was staying at Washington Home and Hospice. The amputation was reportedly necessary because of poor circulation in the leg, resulting from diabetes. Buchwald invited radio talk show presenter

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to interview him. During the show, which aired on February 24, 2006, he revealed his decision to discontinue

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, which had previously been initiated to treat

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, another result of his having

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. He described his decision as his "last hurrah", stating that, "If you have to go, the way you go is a big deal." He reported that he was "very happy with his choices" and was eating at

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on a regular basis. Buchwald was later interviewed by Miles O'Brien of

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, in a segment aired on March 31, 2006. Buchwald discussed his

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, which documented his wishes not to be revived if he fell into a coma. As of the date of that interview, Buchwald was still writing a periodic column. In the interview, he described a dream in which he was waiting to take his "final plane ride". Buchwald was interviewed by

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for a segment on May 14, 2006's edition of ''

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''. In June 2006, Buchwald left the hospice. He was again interviewed by Rehm and reported that his kidney was working. He said that he "blesses him every morning. Some people bless their hearts, I bless my kidney." He reported that he was looking forward to getting a new leg and visiting Martha's Vineyard. In July 2006, Buchwald returned to his summer home in Tisbury on Martha's Vineyard. While there, he completed a book titled ''Too Soon to Say Goodbye'', about the five months he spent in the hospice. Eulogies that were prepared by his friends, colleagues, and family members and were never delivered (or not delivered until later) are included in the book. On November 3, 2006, television news reporter Kyra Phillips interviewed Buchwald for

. Phillips had known Buchwald since 1989, when she had first interviewed him. On November 22, 2006, Buchwald was again featured on Rehm's show. He described himself as a "poster boy for hospices – because I lived." In December 2006, in his final interview, he told nurse/writer Terry Ratner that he was also a poster boy for nurses. The article
"The 'Art' of Saying Goodbye"
appeared in the January 2007 issues of '' Nursing Spectrum'' and '' NurseWeek'', national nursing publications. Buchwald died of kidney failure on January 17, 2007, at his son Joel's home in Washington, D.C. The next day the website of ''

'' posted a video obituary in which Buchwald said: "Hi. I'm Art Buchwald, and I just died."

Awards

*In 1977, he received the S. Roger Horchow Award for Greatest Public Service by a Private Citizen, an award given out annually by Jefferson Awards. *In 1982, Buchwald was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Outstanding Commentary. *In 1991, he was elected to the

.Patricia Sullivan, "Art Buchwald, 1925-2007"
''The Washington Post'', January 18, 2007 *In 1991, he received the World Humour Award, from the Workshop Library on World Humour. *In 1994, he received the Golden Plate Award of the

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Books

Buchwald published numerous anthologies and collections of his columns, as well as memoirs. * ''Paris After Dark'' (Imprimerie du Centre 1950. Also published by ''Herald Tribune'', European Ed., S. A., 1953) * ''Art Buchwald's Paris'' (Lion Library, 1956) * ''I Chose Caviar'' (Victor Gollancz, 1957) * ''The Brave Coward'' (Harper, 1957) * ''More Caviar'' (Victor Gollancz, 1958) * ''A Gift from the Boys'' (Harper, 1958) * ''Don't Forget to Write'' (World Pub. Co., 1960) * ''How Much is that in Dollars?'' (World Pub. Co., 1961) * ''Is it Safe to Drink the Water?'' (PBK Crest Books, 1963) * ''I Chose Capitol Punishment'' (World Pub. Co., 1963) * ''... and Then I Told the President: The Secret Papers of Art Buchwald'' (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1965) * ''Son of the Great Society'' (Putnam, 1966) * * ''The Establishment is Alive and Well in Washington'' (Putnam, 1969) * ''Counting Sheep; The Log and the Complete Play: Sheep on the Runway'' (Putnam, 1970) * ''Oh, to be a Swinger'' (Vintage, 1970) * ''Getting High in Government Circles'' (Putnam, 1971) * ''I Never Danced at the White House'' (Putnam, 1973) * ''"I Am Not a Crook"'' (Putnam, 1974) * ''The Bollo Caper: A Fable for Children of All Ages'' (Doubleday, 1974) * ''Irving's Delight: At Last! a Cat Story for the Whole Family!'' (McKay, 1975) * ''Washington Is Leaking'' (Putnam, 1976) * * ''Best Cartoons of the World'' Miller Collection (Brown University) (Atlas World Press Review, 1978) * ''Art Buchwald by Leonard Probst'', transcript of an interview conducted by Leonard Probst, March 31 and April 1, 1978. (American Jewish Committee, Oral History Library, 1978) * ''The Buchwald Stops Here'' (Putnam, 1979) * ''Seems Like Yesterday'' Ann Buchwald interrupted by Art Buchwald (Putnam, 1980) * ''Laid Back in Washington'' (Putnam, 1981) * ''While Reagan Slept'' (Putnam, 1983) * ''You Ask, Buchwald Answers'' (Listen & Learn U.S.A.!, 1983) * ''The Official Bank-Haters' Handbook'' also by Joel D. Joseph (Natl Pr Books, 1984) * ''"You Can Fool All of the People All the Time"'' (Putnam, 1985) * ''I Think I Don't Remember'' (Putnam, 1987) * ''Whose Rose Garden Is It Anyway?'' (Putnam, 1989) * ''Lighten Up, George'' (Putnam, 1991) * ''Leaving Home: A Memoir'' (Putnam, 1994) * ''I'll Always Have Paris: A Memoir'' (Putnam, 1995) * ''Stella in Heaven: Almost a Novel'' (Putnam, 2000) * * ''Beating Around the Bush'' (Seven Stories, 2005)

Autobiography

* ''Too Soon to Say Goodbye'' (Bantam Books 2006)

References

External links

Art Buchwald, Barry Crimmins, Paul Krassner, Kurt Vonnegut – Beating Around the Bush: An Evening of Satire
recorded on October 6, 2005, at The New York Society for Ethical Culture, 63 min., mp3 format
Diane Rehm interviews Art Buchwald in his hospice room (February 24, 2006) RealAudio, Windows MediaThe Final Days of Art Buchwald: A Visit by Suzette Standring – Editor & Publisher
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"Art Buchwald Dies With Funny Bone Intact"
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He has been forgotten: Why humorist Art Buchwald should be remembered
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