one of my political heroes

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Alexander Cockburn, (co-editor with Jeffrey St. Clair of CounterPunch), has died after his silent two-year battle with cancer.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/jul/22/alexander-cockburn-obituary
http://www.thenation.com/authors/alexander-cockburn
http://www.counterpunch.org/
http://www.creators.com/opinion/alexander-cockburn.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Cockburn