Patrick Jake PJ O'Rourke was an American libertarian political satirist and journalist.
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17 Facts About PJ O'Rourke
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PJ O'Rourke was born in Toledo, Ohio, the son of Delphine, a housewife, and Clifford Bronson PJ O'Rourke, a car salesman.
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PJ O'Rourke had Irish ancestry that traces back to County Roscommon.
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PJ O'Rourke graduated from Toledo's DeVilbiss High School in 1965, received his undergraduate degree from Miami University in 1969 and earned a Master of Arts in English at Johns Hopkins University.
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Many of PJ O'Rourke's essays recount that during his student days he was a leftist, anti-war hippie, but that in the 1970s his political views underwent a volte-face.
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PJ O'Rourke emerged as a political observer and humorist rooted in libertarian conservatism.
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PJ O'Rourke received a writing credit for National Lampoon's Lemmings which helped launch the careers of Chevy Chase, and Christopher Guest.
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PJ O'Rourke co-wrote National Lampoon's 1964 High School Yearbook with Douglas Kenney.
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PJ O'Rourke became foreign-affairs desk chief at Rolling Stone, where he remained until 2001.
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PJ O'Rourke published over 20 books, including three New York Times bestsellers.
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PJ O'Rourke was a "Real Time Real Reporter" for Real Time with Bill Maher covering the 2008 presidential election.
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PJ O'Rourke worked on screenplays in Hollywood, including Rodney Dangerfield's Easy Money.
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In 2009, PJ O'Rourke described the nascent presidency of Barack Obama as "the Carter administration in better sweaters".
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PJ O'Rourke stated that his endorsement included her "lies and empty promises" and added "She's wrong about absolutely everything, but she's wrong within normal parameters".
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PJ O'Rourke was married to Amy Lumet, a daughter of movie director Sidney Lumet and a granddaughter of Lena Horne, from 1990 to 1993.
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PJ O'Rourke was a proponent of gonzo journalism; one of his earliest and best-regarded pieces was "How to Drive Fast on Drugs While Getting Your Wing-Wang Squeezed and Not Spill Your Drink", a National Lampoon article in March 1979.
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PJ O'Rourke typed his manuscripts on an IBM Selectric typewriter, though he denied being a Luddite, asserting that his short attention span would have made focusing on writing on a computer difficult.
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