William Safire, Nixon speechwriter and Times columnist, is dead at 79

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William Safire, Nixon speechwriter and Times columnist, is dead at 79

September 27th, 2009 | Add a Comment

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William Safire, a speechwriter for President Richard M. Nixon and a Pulitzer Prize-winning political columnist for The New York Times who also wrote books on politics and a treasury of articles on language, has died at age 79.

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