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Longtime Democratic Party strategist, pundit, writer and political analyst Bob Beckel has died at the age of seventy three.

Veteran political pundit Cal Thomas, a longtime good friend to Beckel, said his passing Monday evening on Facebook.

Thomas wrote,

My good friend and religious brother, Bob Beckel, has passed into the presence of the Lord he cherished. We did so many issues together and I’m hoping we modeled what two folks of different political persuasions can be like after they love one another. For ten years we wrote the “Widespread Ground” column for USA These days and a e book with the aid of that title. The title of his satirically titled autobiography is “I Must Be Lifeless.” It is a extremely readable book a couple of difficult lifestyles that used to be dramatically changed within the last 15 years. I’ll see you quickly Bob. You might be beloved

Beckel made a reputation for himself as the marketing campaign supervisor for Walter Mondale’s 1984 presidential marketing campaign. He remained active in Democratic Birthday Party politics after the loss to then-President Ronald Reagan.

Beckel additionally wrote a column for USA As of late for a decade, from 2005 to 2015, alongside Thomas.

He joined Fox Information in 2011 and experienced recognition as a cohost of The 5.

Beckel parted methods with Fox Information in the middle of 2015, when the network said it could possibly not be held “hostage to 1 man’s personal concerns.”

Beckel was once identified for being rough around the edges.

Rupert Murdoch stated when Beckel back to the express in 2017, “Bob used to be missed by way of many fanatics of The Five and we’re chuffed to welcome him again to the show.”

Beckel brought, “I’m overjoyed for the opportunity to head house once more and subscribe to my tv domestic around the desk of The Five. I haven’t any doubt it’s going to be a vigorous but interesting debate.”

He was let go rapidly after, when he was once accused of constructing an “insensitive” observation to a Black colleague.

Beckel additionally worked for CNN from 2015 to 2016.

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