Tony Snow, third Bush White House Press Secretary, dies today.

Posted Sat, 07/12/2008 - 15:53 by Open Thread
The Bloomberg link: Tony Snow, 53, succumbs to cancer
July 12 (Bloomberg) -- Tony Snow, a former press secretary to President George W. Bush who brought his outspoken style as a Fox News commentator to the White House, died in Washington early today of cancer. He was 53.
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Snow served as Bush's third press secretary, from April 2006 to September 2007, when he resigned, citing financial considerations. Snow was paid $168,000, much less than he made as a television commentator. Married with three children, he said he took out a loan to work at the White House and the money had run out. He was replaced by Dana Perino.
Appparently, his cancer returned early in 2007 and had spread to his liver.