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Remembering an American contrarian: Christopher Hitchens dead of cancer

December 16, 2011
Arts, Culture & Media

Christopher Hitchens, a man who wasn't afraid to take on anyone, died on Thursday of esophageal cancer. He was famous for his biting criticism of, well, everyone, from Henry Kissinger, "a war criminal," to Mother Theresa, "a fanatic, a fundamentalist, and a fraud,"

Remembering an American contrarian: Christopher Hitchens dead of cancer

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