Widely read conservative publisher Andrew Breitbart has died, his attorney confirms.
The websites he founded, Breitbart.com, ran a statement Thursday morning announcing that the 43-year-old, died “unexpectedly from natural causes” in Los Angeles shortly after midnight. The statement via Breitbart.com:
“We have lost a husband, a father, a son, a brother, a dear friend, a patriot and a happy warrior. Andrew lived boldly, so that we more timid souls would dare to live freely and fully, and fight for the fragile liberty he showed us how to love.”
Breitbart was a prolific and polarizing commentator who founded several websites devoted to covering politics, entertainment and everything in between. Early in his career, he worked for the Drudge Report before launching his own outlets — including Big Government, Big Hollywood and Breitbart.tv.
Breitbart was married to Susannah Bean, and had four children.
