The Advocate reports that Andrew Breitbart, the devisive conservative author, media mogul, and GOProud advisor, passed away of natural causes early this morning, March 1, in Los Angeles.
Breitbart stepped down from his advisory post at GOProud in December following the group's outing of a Rick Perry campaign official (GoProud had defended its public criticism of the strategist, Tony Fabrizio, whose sexual orientation wasn't much of a secret in political circles). "I have a zero tolerance attitude toward the intentional infliction of vocational and family harm by divulging the details of an individual's sexual orientation as a weapon of political destruction," Breitbart said at the time.
In a rare personal statement on his site, DrudgeReport, Matt Drudge wrote:
"DEAR READER: In the first decade of the DRUDGEREPORT Andrew Breitbart was a constant source of energy, passion and commitment. We shared a love of headlines, a love of the news, an excitement about what's happening. I don't think there was a single day during that time when we did not flash each other or laugh with each other, or challenge each other. I still see him in my mind's eye in Venice Beach, the sunny day I met him. He was in his mid 20's. It was all there. He had a wonderful, loving family and we all feel great sadness for them today..."
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