1. William Raspberry was an American syndicated public affairs columnist.
10 Facts About William Raspberry
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William Raspberry was the Knight Professor of the Practice of Communications and Journalism at the Sanford Institute of Public Policy at Duke University.
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In 1999, Raspberry received the Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award as well as an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Colby College.
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William Raspberry quickly rose in the ranks of the paper, becoming a columnist in 1966.
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William Raspberry was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1982, and won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1994.
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William Raspberry supported gay rights, writing at least one column condemning gay-bashing.
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William Raspberry argued against certain torts and complaints from the disabled.
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William Raspberry provided the Washington Post a guest column on November 11,2008, commenting on the election of Barack Obama as president of the United States.
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William Raspberry is the author of Looking Backward at Us, a collection of his columns from the 1980s.
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William Raspberry died of prostate cancer on July 17,2012, aged 76.