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P. J. O'Rourke (Patrick Jake O'Rourke) was born on 14 November, 1947 in Toledo, Ohio, U.S., is an American political satirist and journalist (1947–2022). Discover P. J. O'Rourke's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 74 years old?

Popular As Patrick Jake O'Rourke
Occupation Political satirist · journalist
Age 74 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 14 November 1947
Birthday 14 November
Birthplace Toledo, Ohio, U.S.
Date of death 15 February, 2022
Died Place Sharon, New Hampshire, U.S.
Nationality United States

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His wife is Amy Lumet (m. 1990-1993) Tina Mallon (m. 1995)

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Children Elizabeth, Olivia, Edward

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1947

Patrick Jake O'Rourke (November 14, 1947 – February 15, 2022) was an American author, journalist, and political satirist who wrote twenty-two books on subjects as diverse as politics and cars and etiquette and economics.

Parliament of Whores and Give War a Chance both reached #1 on the New York Times bestseller list.

After beginning his career writing for the National Lampoon, O’Rourke went on to serve as foreign affairs desk chief for Rolling Stone where he reported from far-flung places.

Later he wrote for a number of publications, including The Atlantic, the Daily Beast, the Wall Street Journal, and the Weekly Standard, and was a longtime panelist on NPR’s Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me.

1964

He also co-wrote National Lampoon's 1964 High School Yearbook with Douglas Kenney.

This inspired the cult comedy, Animal House, which launched the career of John Belushi.

1965

He 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.

1970

Many of 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.

He emerged as a political observer and humorist rooted in libertarian conservatism.

O'Rourke wrote articles for several publications, including "A.J. at N.Y.U."

1972

for The Rip Off Review of Western Culture, an underground magazine/comic book, in 1972, as well as pieces for the Baltimore underground newspaper Harry and the New York Ace, before joining National Lampoon in 1973, where he served as editor-in-chief, among other roles, and authored articles such as "Foreigners Around the World" and "How to Drive Fast on Drugs While Getting Your Wing-Wang Squeezed and Not Spill Your Drink".

O'Rourke received a writing credit for National Lampoon's Lemmings which helped launch the careers of Chevy Chase and Christopher Guest.

1979

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.

1981

Going freelance in 1981, O'Rourke had his work published in Playboy, Vanity Fair, Car and Driver, and Rolling Stone.

1987

The article was republished in two of his books, Republican Party Reptile (1987) and Driving Like Crazy (2009).

O'Rourke's best-received book is Parliament of Whores, subtitled A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government, whose main argument, according to the author, "is that politics are boring".

He described himself as a libertarian.

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.

1990

In the UK, he was known as the face of a long-running series of television advertisements for British Airways in the 1990s.

O'Rourke also worked on screenplays in Hollywood, including Rodney Dangerfield's Easy Money.

From 1990 to 1993, O'Rourke was married to Amy Lumet, a daughter of movie director Sidney Lumet and a granddaughter of Lena Horne.

1994

The Forbes Media Guide Five Hundred, 1994 states, "O'Rourke's original reporting, irreverent humor, and crackerjack writing makes for delectable reading. He never minces words or pulls his punches, whatever the subject."

O'Rourke was born in Toledo, Ohio, the son of Delphine (née Loy), a housewife, and Clifford Bronson O'Rourke, a car salesman.

O'Rourke had Irish ancestry that traces back to County Roscommon.

1995

In 1995, he married Tina Mallon; they had three children: daughters Elizabeth and Olivia and son Clifford.

1996

In 1996, he served as the conservative commentator in the point-counterpoint segment of 60 Minutes.

During the Bosnian genocide, O'Rourke referred to the American public's lack of interest in Bosnia as a way to joke about "the unspellables killing the unpronounceables".

O'Rourke published over 20 books, including three New York Times bestsellers.

Parliament of Whores and Give War a Chance reached No. 1 on The New York Times Best Seller list.

2001

He became foreign-affairs desk chief at Rolling Stone, where he remained until 2001.

2008

He also wrote Modern Manners and Holidays in Hell. O'Rourke was a "Real Time Real Reporter" for Real Time with Bill Maher covering the 2008 presidential election.

In September 2008, O'Rourke announced that he had been diagnosed with treatable rectal cancer, from which he expected "a 95% chance of survival".

O'Rourke died from lung cancer at his home in Sharon, New Hampshire, on February 15, 2022, at the age of 74.

2009

In 2009, O'Rourke described the nascent presidency of Barack Obama as "the Carter administration in better sweaters".

2012

In an interview with the New Statesman published in January 2012, O'Rourke said, "Despite my name, I wasn't raised a Catholic. My mother was a Protestant, of a traditional American, vague kind: she belonged to the church that the nice people in the neighbourhood went to. My wife is a Catholic, the kids are Catholic, so I'm a Catholic fellow-traveller."

2016

However, in 2016, he endorsed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump.

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".