Charles krauthammer paralysis pics
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Charles Krauthammer, Pulitzer-prize winning columnist for The Washington Post, best-selling author, Fox News commentator and well-respected conservative rhetorician, died on June 21 after an aggressive return of cancer following treatment for an abdominal tumor.
A large portion of the general public had at least heard of Krauthammer — appearing multiple times per week on America’s highest-rated cable news channel will do that — and his influence on modern conservative thought is considerable. What a much smaller percentage knew was that he was a wheelchair user, as he had been living with quadriplegia since a diving accident at age 22 while attending Harvard Medical School.
Both his national prominence and the public ignorance of his disability are of Krauthammer’s own design. He was intensely ambitious, having graduated on time and with honors from Harvard after his accident. During the very brief time Krauthammer was engaged in the field of psychiatry, he won a prize for exc
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Q: I recently saw columnist Charles Krauthammer on one of the weekend talking head shows and he was in a wheelchair. What happened to him? &#; G.R., Hampton
A: Syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer suffered a spinal-cord injury in a diving accident. The accident left him paralyzed and in a wheelchair. He has penned hundreds of columns in his career but rarely writes about his disability. In a interview with the Jerusalem brev, Krauthammer told the newspaper everyone has bad luck. His bad luck just took the struktur of being restricted to a wheelchair.
Krauthammer was born in New York City and raised in Montreal. He received a medical degree from Harvard in , but only practiced for three years. During the presidential campaign of , he served as a speechwriter to Vice President Walter Mondale. In , he won a Pulitzer Prize for his &#;witty and insightful columns on national issues.&#;
Widely known as a conservative, Krauthammer&#;s column appears in more than newspapers.
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Fox News contributor Charles Krauthammer dead at 68
Fox News contributor and syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer lost his battle to cancer this week, Fox News confirmed.
Krauthammer disclosed his doctors' prognosis earlier in June.
The year-old wrote that he underwent surgery to remove a cancerous tumor in his abdomen. While thought to be successful, he said there were complications that he was overcoming. However, he wrote that recent tests revealed the cancer had returned and was "spreading rapidly."
Krauthammer said he would "leave this life with no regrets."
Several people took to social media to offer their condolences.
"Charles Krauthammer will long be remembered for his eloquence, his triumph in hardship, and his countless contributions to American political thought." -Vice President Mike Pence.
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