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As a young man, PJ O'Rourke opposed the government as a maker of war and laws against drugs. He covered war and unrest everywhere from El Salvador to the Philippines, while mocking "The Dictatorship of Boredom” back home.

P.J. O'Rourke, the prolific author and satirist who re-fashioned the irreverent "Gonzo" journalism of the 1960s counterculture into a distinctive brand of conservative and libertarian commentary, has died. He was 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.

ORourke died Tuesday morning, according to Grove Atlantic Inc. Books publisher and president Morgan Entrekin. He did not cite a specific cause, but said ORourke had been ill in recent months.

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.

NEW YORK (AP) -- P.J. O'Rourke, the prolific author and satirist who re-fashioned the irreverence and "Gonzo" journalism of the 1960s counterculture into

NEW YORK (AP) — P.J. ORourke, the prolific author and satirist who re-fashioned the...

NEW YORK (AP) — P.J. ORourke, 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

NEW YORK (AP) — P.J. ORourke, 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

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