Robert Anthony Snow was an American journalist, political commentator, anchor, columnist, musician, and the 25th White House Press Secretary under President George W Bush, from May 2006 until his resignation in September 2007.
27 Facts About Tony Snow
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Between his two White House stints, Snow was a broadcaster and newspaper columnist.
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Tony Snow was a regular personality on Fox News Channel beginning in 1996, hosting Fox News Sunday and Weekend Live, and often substituting as host of The O'Reilly Factor.
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Tony Snow made several notable speeches, including keynote addresses at the Conservative Political Action Conference in 2007 and 2008.
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Tony Snow was born in Berea, Kentucky, and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Tony Snow's father, Jim, was a social studies teacher, guidance counselor, and an assistant principal at Princeton High School.
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Tony Snow's mother was an inner-city nurse who died of colon cancer in 1973, when Snow was 17.
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Tony Snow developed an early interest in journalism, public policy, and politics, and was editor of his high school newspaper.
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Tony Snow attended graduate programs in philosophy and economics at the University of Chicago.
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In Ohio, Tony Snow originally registered to vote as a Democrat.
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Tony Snow began his journalism career in 1979 as an editorial writer for The Greensboro Record in Greensboro, North Carolina, next working as an editorial writer at The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk, Virginia, editorial page editor of The Daily Press in Newport News, deputy editorial page editor of The Detroit News, and editorial page editor of The Washington Times.
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Tony Snow wrote a syndicated column for Creators Syndicate between 1993 and 2000; his commentaries appeared in more than 200 newspapers nationwide.
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Tony Snow won numerous awards during his print career, including those from the Virginia Press Association, the Detroit Press Club, the Society of Professional Journalists, the American Society of Newspaper Editors, The Associated Press, and Gannett.
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Until 1994, Tony Snow was the writer, correspondent and host of the PBS news special The New Militant Center.
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From 1996 to 2003, Tony Snow was the first host of FOX News Sunday, a Sunday morning interview and roundtable program produced by Fox News, airing on affiliates of the Fox Broadcasting Company and later in the day on Fox News Channel.
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Tony Snow was the primary guest host of Rush Limbaugh's program beginning in the mid-1990s.
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Tony Snow was a frequent commentator on National Public Radio.
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Snow's own Tony Snow Show on Fox News Radio premiered in late 2003.
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Tony Snow's selection was initially criticized because of some of his past comments about Bush.
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Tony Snow began his new press secretary duties on May 8,2006.
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Tony Snow decided to leave the position of press secretary after new White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten asked all staff members to either commit to staying through the end of Bush's second term, in January 2009, or to leave by Labor Day of 2007.
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On September 13,2007, Tony Snow gave his final press briefing, saying that he would miss the duties of his position, and that "I love these briefings".
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Tony Snow was featured on an episode of VH1 Classic's Rock 'n Roll Fantasy Camp.
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In February 2005, while still at Fox News, Tony Snow was diagnosed with colon cancer.
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Tony Snow returned to broadcasting in April 2005 after undergoing surgery.
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On March 23,2007, after almost a year as press secretary, Tony Snow took a leave of absence to seek treatment for recurrent cancer.
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On July 12,2008, Tony Snow died at Georgetown University Hospital as a result of colon cancer that had spread to his liver.