John McLaughlin has passed

Rolling Thunder said:

http://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/longtime-tv-host-john-mclaughlin-dies-at-89/ar-BBvHFew?li=BBnbfcL

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He was getting up there. I liked the guy, but a while back he said something horrid and I lost a little respect (can I say this here, bad timing). It was at the end of the show when he asks for some clever last line, and I can't remember the challenge. His answer though, "Global warming is the biggest hoax ever." I used to think he was more intelligent than that. Maybe that's why it was one of the few places that still kept Pat Buchanan on as a pundit.

The show was interesting, though. This is amazing:

On Monday, McLaughlin was absent from the show, breaking his hosting streak of 34 years, seven months and one week.

"I am under the weather," McLaughlin said in a note at the beginning of this week's episode. He added that his voice was "weaker than usual," but "my spirit is strong and my dedication to the show remains absolute!"

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He called in sick and died, working to the very end.