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Patrick Jake O’Rourke was a Toledo, Ohio, native who evolved from long-haired student activist to wavy-haired scourge of his old liberal ideals, with some of his more widely read takedowns appearing in a founding counterculture publication, Rolling Stone.

P.J. ORourke, the author who re-fashioned the "Gonzo" journalism of the 1960s counterculture into a distinctive brand of commentary, has died at 74.

His writing style suggested a cross between the hedonism of Hunter S. Thompson and the patrician mockery of Tom Wolfe.

O'Rourke died Tuesday morning, according to Grove Atlantic Inc. Books publisher and president Morgan Entrekin. The cause was complications from lung cancer.

WBAL Radio 1090 AM - P.J. O'Rourke, irreverent author and commentator, dead at 74

P.J. O'Rourke, the prolific author and satirist who re-fashioned the irreverence and “Gonzo” journalism of the 1960s counterculture into a distinctive brand of conservative and libertarian commentary, has died at age 74.

P.J. ORourke, the author who re-fashioned the "Gonzo" journalism of the 1960s counterculture into a distinctive brand of commentary, has died at 74.

NEW YORK — P.J. O’Rourke, the prolific author and satirist who re-fashioned the irreverence and “Gonzo” journalism of the 1960s counterculture into a distinctive brand of conservative and libertarian commentary, has died at age 74.

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